A/HRC/28/45 employment of thousands of construction workers who have lost their livelihoods. It is worth noting that nearly half of the US$ 5.4 billion pledged at a donors’ meeting in Cairo on 12 October 2014 were for reconstruction in Gaza.60 37. As at 20 October 2014, an estimated 42,500 internally displaced persons continued to take refuge in 18 UNRWA schools, with 47,000 more being hosted by their relatives. 61 Internally displaced persons are in need of shelter, food, water and sanitation, and also psychosocial support and protection. 38. Humanitarian conditions in Gaza continue to be compounded by the limited availability and accessibility of utilities, including potable water and electricity. Before the 2014 escalation, some 90 per cent of Gaza’s water from its coastal aquifer was considered undrinkable without treatment.62 Most areas experienced power cuts of 12 hours a day; they have increased to 18 hours daily after the conflict and the attack by Israel on the Gaza power station. 63 Economic recovery remains stagnant, resulting in high unemployment, food insecurity and reliance on food aid, with 830,000 people receiving food aid from UNRWA. That has consequences for the health of the Gazan population — even prior to the recent escalation, 35.8 per cent of pregnant women and 33.7 per cent of infants were suffering from anaemia.64 39. At least 1,000 persons injured in the 2014 war will suffer permanent disability.65 In addition to their particular health and psychological needs, those people remain in need of specific equipment that is unavailable in Gaza owing to the continued blockade. Children constitute 30 per cent of those suffering from a disability as a result of injuries sustained during the war.66 Over 1,500 children have reportedly become orphaned, 67 with thousands of others traumatized by the latest violence. 40. The health system is in disarray. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), some 17 hospitals and 56 public health centres were either destroyed or sustained damage during the hostilities. Damage inflicted on health institutions, the prevailing shortage in essential drugs (estimated at 40 per cent) and the lack of spare parts for certain medical equipment have reduced the availability and accessibility of health services. For example, outpatient services decreased by 14.75 per cent, Intensive care unit capacity decreased by 21.42 per cent and the availability of basic laboratories was reduced by 12.74 per cent.68 41. Violence during the conflict has forced thousands of women to neglect their own needs to save and support their families,69 with large numbers of them suffering from post60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 12 www.timesofisrael.com/donor-conference-pledges-5-4-billion-for-gaza/. See note 70 above. Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Gaza in 2020: A liveable place? (August 2012). Available from www.unrwa.org/userfiles/file/publications/gaza/Gaza%20in%202020.pdf. www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_sitrep_30_07_2014.pdfhttp:///. www.ochaopt.org/documents/gaza_crisis_appeal_9_september.pdf. Ibid. Ibid. Ibid., p.6. Health Cluster in the occupied Palestinian territory, Gaza Strip: Joint Health Sector Assessment Report (September 2014). Available from http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Joint_Health_Sector_Assessment_Report_Gaza_ Sept_2014.pdf. Al-Jazeera, “Gaza women bear psychological scars of war”, 28 July 2014. Available from www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/07/gaza-women-psychological-scars-war201472362937327646.html.