Over 1,350 signatures so far! Demand Health and Dignity for Palestinians
The MAP team would like to thank all of our supporters who have so far added their voice to our campaign calling on the UK government to support Palestinian health and dignity. So far over 1,350...
View ArticleNew MAP briefing exposes attacks on Palestinian medical staff and facilities
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has today released the second in our series of briefings investigating the impact of 50 years of Israel’s military occupation on the health and dignity of...
View ArticleEmergency Action: UK must demand accountability for attacks on Gaza...
Attacks on hospitals and ambulances have become increasingly common in conflicts around the world. Last May the UK voted at the UN Security Council to ensure that perpetrators of such attacks – as...
View ArticleDenied life-saving treatment outside Gaza: A mother tells of her childâs...
Last year the rate of Israel’s permit approvals for patients needing to exit Gaza for medical treatment via the Erez crossing reached a record low. One third of patients were either denied or delayed,...
View ArticleKCLâs Global Health Societyâs Panel Event: Healthcare Under Fire
On Wednesday 15 March Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) joined a film director from Gaza and academics from King’s College London (KCL) and University College London (UCL) to discuss healthcare under...
View ArticleMAP pursues Palestinian health and dignity at the UN Human Rights Council
MAP’s Director of Advocacy and Campaigns, Neil Sammonds, reports MAP’s visit to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this week: We were in Geneva this week to attend the UN Human Rights Council...
View ArticleInfographic: Attacks on medical facilities and personnel in the West Bank and...
The latest infographic from Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) exposes how Palestinian medical facilities and staff have come under attack in Gaza and the West Bank. The Fourth Geneva Convention...
View ArticleUK fails to support accountability for attacks on Gaza healthcare at UN
We reported last week on our advocacy trip to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva. In meetings, at our side-event, with copies of MAP’s recent reports and through social media - thanks to all...
View ArticleHealthcare under attack testimonies: Al Wafa hospital beyond the bombs
“Impunity for the 2014 Israeli attacks on healthcare is not only a gross injustice for the victims, but also sends a message that no place is safe for the building of a new hospital, no doctors or...
View ArticleMAP distributes hygiene kits to families in Gaza
More than two years on from Israel’s military offensive on Gaza in 2014, many families are still feeling the effects. Up to 53,000 people remain displaced after their homes were destroyed in the...
View ArticleMAP and the Royal College of Surgeons launch Basic Surgical Skills training...
Throughout a decade of blockade and closure, thousands of doctors have graduated from Gaza’s medical universities. For doctors, graduating is only the start of their training, and their entire careers...
View ArticleIn Pursuit of Accountability: Panel discussion with Palestinian and Israeli...
The MAP team and Euromed Rights coalition would like to invite you to a panel discussion with Palestinian and Israeli human rights defenders on 19 April. In Pursuit of Accountability: Israeli and...
View ArticleMAP speaks to Al Jazeera about barriers to Gaza patient permits
With Gaza’s health sector severely damaged by a decade of blockade and repeated military offensives, it is crucial that patients are able to travel out to other areas of the occupied Palestinian...
View ArticleWorld Health Day: âLetâs talk'
Today is World Health Day, and this year’s theme is ‘Let’s Talk’, with a focus on the topic of depression – the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide. Men, women and children living...
View ArticlePress release: Gaza healthcare at crisis point due to fuel shortage
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is calling upon the UK government to help ensure that the lives of Palestinians in Gaza are not put at greater risk as a result of the critical lack of fuel there....
View ArticleCADI DAY: promoting and protecting disability rights in Gaza
"There are two separation walls that menace Palestinian society; one is that infamous grey structure that denies every Palestinian the basic human right to live in dignity, and the other is the...
View ArticleNew MAP briefing exposes how the occupation undermines Palestinian mental health
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has today released the third in our series of briefings investigating the impact of 50 years of Israel’s military occupation on the health and dignity of...
View ArticleHRW report exposes restrictions to Gaza access for human rights workersÂ
Last week Human Rights Watch issued a new report on Israel’s tight restrictions on the movement of human rights workers in and out of Gaza. This includes the entry of investigators from international...
View ArticleGaza hospitals to run out of fuel within days: UK Government must act  Â
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is deeply concerned that critical medical services have been cut in Gaza due to the severe lack of fuel in its hospitals, yet no action is being taken by the...
View ArticleNine Palestinians killed, more than 100 injured in Lebanonâs largest...
Recent violence in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el Helweh in the city of Saida, South Lebanon, has once again resulted in deaths, injuries and insecurity for residents. More than a week of...
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