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Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Independent Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 14 July 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 28 July 2015. It was answered by Baroness Verma (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 July 2015 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Gaza: Armed Conflict

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) single amputee, and (2) multiple amputee, children require prosthetics as a result of being injured in Operation Protective Edge; what assessment they have made of the access Gazan children have to prosthetics and rehabilitation; and what assessment they have made of the cost of funding a single prosthetic limb for a child through to adulthood.

Answer

DFID does not routinely carry out such assessments. Following the conflict in Gaza, DFID provided £724,518 to a Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) project which provided support for trauma and plastic reconstructive surgery and essential medical equipment to Gaza hospitals.

MAP published a report on a mission carried out in August 2014 to make an assessment of needs and any immediate surgical work if required which can be read here: http://www.map-uk.org/downloads/map-ideals-gaza-medical-report-august-2014-(2).pdf.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL1419
Session
2015-16
Attachment
Assessment Mission of MAP, 9-14 August 2014
Subjects
Children Armed conflict Israel Gaza Prosthetics
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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