Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS)

PMRS is a grassroot organization founded by a group of doctors. Today, PMRS extends its health and social services to 1.5 million Palestinians, providing health and community care that are built on sound scientific principles, adapted to the Palestinian context. PMRS is committed to reducing the gap in the healthcare system in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt), by applying a rights-based approach to all our healthcare services. With 43 years of experience working with more than 500 communities, across the entire oPt, including Area C, East Jerusalem, H2, and Gaza, we believe in applying ‘one PMRS for all’ ethos to our work, ensuring that all our beneficiaries receive the best that PMRS has to offer, based on the population's specific needs. Using a rights-based approach to healthcare, PMRS builds the capacity of civil society and advocate for human rights needs of all Palestinians, focusing on the most vulnerable groups. PMRS has steadily developed its advocacy program and has become a leading Palestinian NGO in implementing participatory lobbying campaigns at the local and national level to promote health as a human right for all Palestinians. PMRS runs various programs such as Primary Health Care programs including Emergency and Mobile Clinics program, Primary Health Care Centers, School Health, Women’s Health, Health Promotion and Education; Peer Educator; and Youth Centers. Additionally, PMRS implements a dozen projects which feed into the main programs and the overall strategic plan. PMRS brings strong relations across all sectors and levels of society to our international partners and to this intervention: from local communities, CBOs, and local councils to national bodies such as the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Social Affairs. In addition, our many years of experience working on similar interventions, specifically capacity building, healthcare, and emergency response.