Shireen Abed
Shireen Abed | |
|---|---|
| Medical career | |
| Field | pediatrics neonatology |
| Institutions | Nasser Hospital |
Shireen Abed is a Palestinian pediatrician and neonatal specialist.
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ WHO Special Situation Report Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory October to November 2017. 2017. United Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "BBC 100 Women 2024: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News". News. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ 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.