Building independence in health care and a partnership between nations

Besides shortages in drugs and medical equipment, the main unmet need of Palestinian hospitals is for specialised medical staff with expertise in oncology. [...]with the aim of promoting initiatives in the West Bank and Gaza that would enable delivery of health care to Palestinians by their own organisations, we developed an Israeli–Palestinian partnership in three centres of excellence for cancer care in the region: the Augusta Victoria Hospital (East Jerusalem, Palestine), the Rambam Healthcare Campus (Haifa, Israel), and the Comprehensive Head and Neck Center (Haifa, Israel). [...]our programme could serve as an exemplar to increase collaboration between neighbouring countries and achieve independence in health-care services in areas of conflict.