MAP to train family medicine teams in Palestine
MAP signed an agreement in Ramallah last week to support the development of Family Medicine in Palestine. The agreement was signed with the Palestinian Ministry of Health, UNRWA, An Najah National...
View ArticleMAP-delegation surgeon live-streams virtual reality operation to Gaza
Dr Shafi Ahmed visited Gaza for the first time in January this year with Medical Aid for Palestinians to assess medical training in the beleaguered territory, and advise local teams on how this can be...
View ArticleDr Philippa Whitford meets breast cancer survivors at MAP-supported clinic in...
Earlier this month, breast cancer surgeon and UK Member of Parliament Dr Philippa Whitford MP returned to Gaza for the first time in 25 years, having volunteered there with Medical Aid for...
View ArticleNGOs and faith groups to Obama & Putin: Hope is crumbling on your watch, save...
In response to the escalating violence in Syria, more than 80 faith groups and NGOs - including Medical Aid for Palestinians - have written an open letter to US President Barack Obama and Russian...
View ArticleSafeguarding Health in Conflict coalition welcomes UN resolution condemning...
MAP joined the Safeguarding Health in Conflict (SHC) coalition last year, as part of our campaign calling for investigation and accountability for attacks on health infrastructure and personnel in...
View ArticleClean hands save lives in Gaza
Each year, the World Health Organisation runs a global campaign to promote the importance of hygiene to patient safety among medical staff.’. Even the most basic of infection control practices such as...
View ArticleFirst Impressions â Meeting Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
Jaipreet Kaur, MAP Development Officer Last month I was fortunate enough to visit Lebanon to visit and assess the projects implemented by MAP within six Palestinian refugee camps across the country. I...
View ArticleIsraeli demolitions displace 49 in Bedouin community visited by UK MPs
On Monday, Israeli security forces demolished a number homes in Jabal al Baba, a Bedouin community in Area C of the West Bank, close to East Jerusalem. They reportedly arrived at 5am, and disassembled...
View ArticlePalestinians around the world mark 68 years of the Nakba
Palestinians, and supporters of the Palestinian cause worldwide, marked the 1948 Nakba, ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic, last week. 68 years ago, two thirds of the population of Palestine fled their homes...
View ArticleâAre you sure you are operating on the right patient?â
Surgical services are an essential part of healthcare. Worldwide and in Palestine especially, traumatic injuries caused by home accidents or inflicted by violence, cancers and cardiovascular diseases...
View ArticleHow the blockade and closure of Gaza affects breast cancer care
Last week, breast cancer surgeon and UK MP Dr Philippa Whitford wrote in the Guardian about the obstacles to effective breast cancer access for Palestinian patients in Gaza. During her visit to Gaza...
View ArticleMAP joins 57 NGOs welcoming proposed aid air drops in Syria
Medical Aid for Palestinians has joined with 57 international NGOs welcoming the proposal to conduct humanitarian aid air drops for besieged areas of Syria, and calling for an immediate end to these...
View ArticleVisiting your Palestinian GP
In the UK when someone has a health problem they will usually first visit their GP, who can, if necessary, refer them on to specialists for tests or treatment. This is part of the ‘family medicine’...
View ArticleThe War on Healthcare
“When so-called surgical strikes end up hitting surgical wards, something is deeply wrong” - Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, May 2016 Last week saw the annual World Health...
View ArticleTrauma and anxiety reign over Palestinian children
2015 was the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since 2006. Between October 2015 and March 2016, more than 200 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military and settler violence, 44...
View ArticleLord Warner highlights Palestine's forgotten children
Having recently returned from a MAP-CAABU delegation to the West Bank in April, Lord Norman Warner has written for openDemocracy today to highlight Palestine's forgotten children. Lord Warner's...
View ArticleNew Survey on the Socioeconomic Status of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
(UNRWA) Today, the American University of Beirut (AUB), together with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), launched a “Survey on the...
View ArticleSeeing MAP in action in the West Bank
(MAP Board Member, Andrew Karney) I have been regular visitor to the West Bank and Ramallah over many years; but when I left Jerusalem early on a Monday morning for Ramallah, I was puzzled. We were...
View ArticleâThe hospital asked us to pay $4500 when all what we had was $8â
In May, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon Philippe Lazzarini endorsed a MAP project submitted to the Lebanon Humanitarian Fund (HF). The grant - amounting to $249,000 - will allow MAP to...
View ArticleYou can help a Palestinian child deal with the past, and see a better future
Thousands of Palestinian children have fled the civil war in Syria. These children have witnessed kidnappings, deaths, and the destruction of their homes. Any sense of security they once had has...
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