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Kia ora Lance D Lavery

Thank you for your OIA request received on 8 December 2023 for:
1. Specialised Healthcare Infrastructure Initiatives:

• Detailed descriptions and quantitative data on specific healthcare infrastructure projects initiated, sponsored, or supported by New Zealand in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
• Qualitative insights into the long-term objectives and impact assessments of these projects on Gaza's healthcare system.

2. Strategic Collaborations and Partnerships:

• Information on New Zealand's strategic partnerships or collaborations with international health organisations or local bodies in Gaza, focusing on healthcare infrastructure strengthening and capacity building.
• Aggregated data on the overall scope and scale of these collaborations, detailing joint initiatives, knowledge transfer programmes, or capacity-building efforts.

3. Innovative Medical Support Programmes:

• Detailed information on innovative medical support programmes or initiatives involving New Zealand in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
• Quantitative and qualitative data on these programmes, including beneficiary numbers, aid types and quantities, programme effectiveness, challenges faced, and outcomes.

4. Geospatial Data and Comparative Analysis of Medical Aid:

• Geographical information on the distribution of medical aid and healthcare support within Gaza.
• Comparative analysis with the geographical distribution and impact of medical aid in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, to understand how different conflict zones respond to similar aid strategies.

5. Predictive, Ethnographic, and Comparative Data on Medical Support Programmes:

• Predictive analysis using historical data to forecast future healthcare needs in Gaza and the potential impact of current interventions.
• Ethnographic insights into the cultural, social, and political context of healthcare delivery in Gaza, compared with observations from the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, providing a broader view of healthcare needs and responses.
This email confirms receipt of your request and advises that we will respond to it as soon as reasonably practicable, and in terms of the timeframes and requirements of the OIA.

Please note that our response letter to you (with your personal details redacted), and any enclosed documents, may be published on the Ministry’s website.

Please also note that your request is formally due after the OIA summer holiday period (25 December 2023 to 15 January 2024), which are not considered working days as set out in section 2(1) of the OIA, however the Ministry will seek to provide you with a decision on your request as soon as possible.

Ngā mihi

Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere

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Tēnā koe Lance Lavery,

On behalf of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, please see attached the response to your official information request.

Ngā mihi,

Executive Services Division

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