Shireen Abed

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Shireen Abed
Medical career
Field pediatrics
neonatology
Institutions Nasser Hospital

Shireen Abed is a Palestinian pediatrician and neonatal specialist.

Biography

Abed was head of the neonatal intensive care unit at al-Nasser Hospital in Gaza, [1] and has also worked as director of the maternity centre in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex. [2]

In 2021, Abed contributed to World Health Organization (WHO) funded research on the quality of Early Essential Newborn Care (EENC) introduced into public maternity hospitals by the Ministry of Health in Gaza. [3] Other research includes exploring the impact of armed conflict on maternal and neonatal health and birth weight in the Gaza Strip. [4]

Abed was displaced when her flat was bombed after the start of the Gaza war in 2023. [5] She has continued to work delivering babies and caring for children in displacement camps in the Gaza Strip. [6] She also established emergency protocols to provide life-saving treatments to babies despite limited resources. [5]

She was named a BBC 100 Woman in 2024. [5]

References

  1. ↑ WHO Special Situation Report Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory October to November 2017. 2017. United Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Magee, Zoe; Miller, Jordana; Jovanovic, Dragana (13 November 2023). "Gazan doctors plead for help in saving premature babies at Al-Shifa Hospital". ABC News . Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Abed, Shireen N., et al. (2021) "Quality of early essential newborn care in hospitals in Gaza: a pre-intervention and post-intervention study." The Lancet 398: S2. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Impact of armed conflict on maternal and neonatal health and birth weight: a cross-sectional study in the Gaza-Strip". Sciety. 29 January 2025. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-5865169/v1 . Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "BBC 100 Women 2024: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News". News. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  6. ↑ Sanchez, Raf; Jabari, Lawahez (14 November 2023). "Giving birth as bombs fall in Gaza: 'My girl came to the world broken'". NBC News. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
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