Huge thanks to Celtic fans
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) would like to say a huge thank you to Celtic FC fans and all those who donated the #MatchTheFineForPalestine crowdfunding campaign. They raised over £172,000 that...
View ArticleMAP at Party Conferences: Labour
This week, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) was at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, speaking to delegates about the current health and wellbeing challenges faced by Palestinians living...
View ArticleMAP wears it pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Tomorrow, 1 October, marks the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Around the world, individuals, organisations and community groups will be coming together to promote education and awareness...
View ArticleBreast cancer care in Palestine: A sisterhood of support
Some twelve women are meeting at a municipality hall not far from the Dunya Women’s Cancer Centre in the old centre of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Each of them has been through a painful journey...
View ArticleLatest MPs delegation visit West Bank in lead up to 50 year Occupation...
Last month Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and the Council for Arab-British Understanding (caabu) took a cross-party delegation of UK MPs to Palestine to witness the impacts of the ongoing Israeli...
View ArticleMAP and PHR-I jointly welcome international Medical Peace Work Prize
Fikr Shalltoot, Director of Programmes in Gaza for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHRI) have been jointly awarded Second Place in the second International...
View ArticleDr Philippa Whitford MP supports Breast Cancer Awareness in Gaza
MAP’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month activities continued this week, with a seminar organised in Gaza for Palestinian health professionals to learn more about breast cancer treatment and care. Breast...
View ArticleMAP supporting the next generation of Palestinian cancer nurses
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month continues, this week Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) was delighted to launch our latest partnership with Bethlehem University (BU) to improve the quality of care...
View ArticleInfographic: Obstacles to breast cancer care in Gaza
This October, MAP has been highlighting the obstacles to treatment and care faced by Palestinian women with breast cancer. In the UK, four out of five women diagnosed with breast cancer can now expect...
View ArticleUNRWA condemns killing of Palestinian refugees in Syria
Statement by UNRWA Spokesperson Chris Gunness Four Palestine refugees were killed on the night of 18 October as they attempted to leave the Khan Eshieh Palestine refugee camp, south of the Syrian...
View ArticleTravel permit approvals for Gaza patients reach seven-year low
New data from the World Health Organisation has found that last month Israel’s approval of permits for Palestinian patients needing to leave Gaza for medical appointments dropped to its lowest rate in...
View ArticleGive a lifeline to a Palestinian family this Christmas
The Al-Najjar family lives together in one house in Bani Suheila, a village in Gaza. The conditions the family live in are absolutely appalling. As winter approaches the house is cold and damp....
View ArticleAnother important step for family medicine in Palestine
Medical Aid for Palestinians’ exciting new Family Medicine Programme in the occupied Palestinian territory took another step forward this month, with a workshop hosted by the Palestinian Association...
View ArticleUNRWA Commissioner-General warns of despair and dispossession for Palestinian...
About half of the refugees registered with UNRWA are below the age of 25 but their political and personal horizons are essentially closed, UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl tells the UN...
View ArticleGaza's limb reconstruction team: Mohammed Aslan
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and our sister charity IDEALS responded to a preponderance of complex limb injuries by sending British surgical teams to Gaza during the 2014 conflict and in the two...
View ArticleThank you for supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month with MAP!
In the UK, throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month, MAP highlighted the many barriers to care for Palestinian women affected by the disease, and asked supporters to take action to ensure the UK...
View ArticlePalestinian refugees fleeing Syriaâs war: Lubnaâs story
Through MAP’s projects in Lebanon we work to ensure the protection and access to healthcare for thousands of Palestinians who have fled war in Syria. Many of these families have left everything behind...
View ArticleUN reports worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza
Israel’s blockade and closure of Gaza will enter its tenth year in 2017. This blockade, imposed since June 2007, sees Israel control Gaza’s land, sea and airspace, placing restrictions on the freedom...
View ArticleCall to action: Ask your MP to support access to healthcare for Palestinian...
In the first week of 2016, Parliament hosted a debate on Palestinian children in military detention at which the Government outlined its plans to follow-up on the 2012 Children in Military Custody...
View ArticleSupport Medical Aid for Palestinians this #GivingTuesday
The third UK #GivingTuesday, led by Charities Aid Foundation, will take place this Tuesday, 29th November. Last year, #GivingTuesday raised a impressive £6,000 a minute for UK charities and broke the...
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