Watched by the grand mother Nihad Qasqas, the well baby nurse for the UHWC and Safa Qasqas the well baby nurse for the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) take blood samples for testing from a 2 week old baby girl. Médecins Du Monde (MDM), Merlin, PRCS and the Union of Health Work Committee (UHWC) have teamed up to provide healthcare for communities around the West Bank as their accessibility to previous hospitals and centres is shut off as the Wall continues to be built.

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