The Child Health Program operates through the Well-Baby Clinic to monitor the growth and health of children from birth to age three. During the clinics, babies and children are examined for malnutrition or developmental problems and their weight and height are recorded.
Mothers bring their children to the clinics regularly and when they suspect their child is ill.
On these occasions, clinic workers encourage the mothers to breast-feed and give advice on nutrition and caring for themselves and their child. These and other outreach clinics are organized jointly with different members of the Primary Health Care team in order to improve the quality of care, rationale the use of drugs and provide health education for mothers. The closures of Spring and September 1996 caused serious interruptions in the vaccination programs conducted at our centers. Through our vaccination programs, we see an average of 48 children per vaccination day. This contributes greatly to controlling the spread of disease in Palestinian villages and renews our contact with new mothers.