American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza demand a ceasefire and arms embargo
Write the Biden-Harris administration: urge our government to meet with American healthcare professionals who have seen Gaza firsthand.
American Healthcare Professionals Speak Out: The Reality of Gaza
Since October 2023, dozens of American healthcare professionals have volunteered in Gaza, offering critical medical aid amidst unimaginable devastation. Many of these professionals have experience in other war zones like Ukraine and Syria, but nothing could prepare them for the overwhelming suffering they witnessed.
Malnourished pregnant women undergoing C-sections without anesthesia or pain medications
Photo Credit: Doctors Without Borders
Epidemics of diarrheal, respiratory, and skin diseases raging, especially amongst Gaza’s children
Newborns dying of malnutrition and dehydration because their mothers are too malnourished to breastfeed, formula is unavailable, and clean water doesn’t exist
Lack of access to clean water, compounding the spread of these preventable diseases and worsening the health crisis
Palestinian healthcare workers murdered, disappeared, detained, abused, and tortured
Israeli soldiers shooting young children in the head and chest on a daily basis
Hospitals under direct attack by the Israeli military and starved of supplies
Photo Credit: Reuters
A death toll far higher than what is reported
Healthcare is Essential to Peace and Security
As healthcare workers, we are guided by the Constitution of the World Health Organization, which affirms:
“The health of all peoples is fundamental to the attainment of peace and security and is dependent on the fullest cooperation of individuals and States.”
We believe in this mission, and we strive to uphold it in everything we do.