Abed was head of the neonatal intensive care unit at al-Nasser Hospital in Gaza,[2] and has also worked as director of the maternity center in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex.[1]
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]
