MAPâs breast cancer care in Gaza: Aliaâs story
At the start of this Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) sent a multi-disciplinary team to the West Bank and Gaza, to assess the provision of diagnosis and care for women...
View ArticleUK Government pledges more support for Gaza
Thank you to everyone who has contacted their MP to call for urgent action to address Gaza’s humanitarian emergency. Over 1,000 emails were sent, creating important pressure on the UK government to...
View ArticleNew MAP animation: Breast cancer care in Gaza
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has launched a new animation highlighting the many challenges faced by women in Gaza affected by breast cancer. Error module...
View ArticleMAP delivers petition demanding health and dignity for Palestinians
On Wednesday 1 November, on the eve of the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) delivered our petition to No.10 Downing Street, calling on the UK Government to do...
View ArticleâI just sit and watch my son in the incubator with tears in my eyesâ
The ever deteriorating conditions for patients in Gaza have a disproportionate effect on the youngest and most vulnerable. Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) visited the neonatal unit at Al-Shifa...
View ArticleShadow Foreign Secretary visits MAP-supported cancer clinic in the West Bank
This week Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) was pleased to welcome our local MP (Islington South) and the Shadow Foreign Secretary, Emily Thornberry, to the MAP-supported Dunya Women’s Cancer Centre...
View ArticleIsraelâs Universal Periodic Review: Calling on the UK to raise...
Today Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR) have called on the UK Government to engage with the upcoming Universal Periodic Review of Israel’s human rights...
View ArticleParliamentarians witness barriers to health caused by prolonged occupation
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View ArticleHairdressing and hope: realising the rights of people with disabilities in Gaza
Through our programmes and partners, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has a long history of supporting Palestinian people with disabilities to realise their right to full inclusion and participation...
View ArticleâSometimes patients dieâ: Barriers facing Palestinian ambulances entering...
With many medical specialties such as radiotherapy and heart surgery only available in Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem, it is vital that patients are able to travel there unimpeded. Last month...
View ArticleâAn Israeli soldier put a gun to my headâ: Palestinian paramedics in...
Palestinian medical personnel undertake vital, but increasingly hazardous, duties in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). Emergency medical technicians are early to arrive following attacks, and...
View ArticleThank you to everyone who donated to keep the MAP mobile health clinic on the...
The Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) mobile clinic is a vital lifeline for Palestinians in the Jordan Valley. Thank you to all those who contributed to the appeal. We have now reached the target to...
View ArticleUN Special Rapporteur questions the legality of Israelâs occupation Â
This Wednesday was the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) live under the longest-running military occupation in the...
View ArticleWestminster Hall debate on West Bank demolitions: Ask your MP to attend!
On Wednesday 6 December parliamentarians will debate the “effect of Israeli demolitions on Palestinian communities” in Westminster Hall, in the House of Commons. Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)...
View ArticleTrump's announcement threatens the heart of Palestinian healthcare
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump declared that the United States now recognises Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel, and announced his intention to move the US embassy to the city. At...
View ArticlePerpetual crisis: Health conditions for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
Next year, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon will mark 70 years of displacement as a result of the Nakba when, in 1948, 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from or fled their homes at the hands of...
View ArticleMPs raise concerns about rights of Palestinians in Jerusalem, threat of...
Last week, as President Donald Trump announced the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the intention to move their embassy to the city, UK Members of Parliament discussed...
View ArticleAsfari-MAP Scholar wins medical prize: âMAP has changed my life forever!â
In 2015, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), in partnership with the Asfari Foundation, granted four one-year scholarships for Palestinian medical and health professionals to undertake a postgraduate...
View ArticleMAP calls for accountability for violations against medical teams and killing...
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is deeply concerned by loss of life and injuries caused by the Israeli security forces at protests in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) which have followed US...
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