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The collapse of Gaza's health system has rendered traditional models of health planning and humanitarian coordination functionally obsolete. With fewer than half of Gaza's hospitals partially operational and over 90% of health infrastructure damaged or destroyed, the territory is no longer capable of delivering essential services such as dialysis, obstetric care, or oncology treatment. This letter argues that a permanent, internationally managed cross-border health corridor-anchored via the Rafah crossing-offers a feasible and urgent solution to provide structured, rights-based care amid systemic collapse. Drawing on precedents from Syria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and global humanitarian law, we outline the legal, operational, and political frameworks necessary to establish such a corridor. The corridor model is presented as not only a response to Gaza's immediate crisis but also a replicable framework for other protracted conflict zones where national health systems have irreversibly failed.
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Policy making and implementation, planning and management are widely recognized as central to effective health systems and services and to better health. Globalization, and the economic circumstances facing groups of countries worldwide, meanwhile present a great challenge for health planning and management. The aim of this quarterly journal is to offer a forum for publications which direct attention to major issues in health policy, planning and management. The intention is to maintain a balance between theory and practice, from a variety of disciplines, fields and perspectives. The Journal is explicitly international and multidisciplinary in scope and appeal: articles about policy, planning and management in countries at various stages of political, social, cultural and economic development are welcomed, as are those directed at the different levels (national, regional, local) of the health sector. Manuscripts are invited from a spectrum of different disciplines e.g., (the social sciences, management and medicine) as long as they advance our knowledge and understanding of the health sector. The Journal is therefore global, and eclectic.
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