Caring for the youngest generation of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
The modern history of the Palestinian people is one of waves of dispossession. In May 2018, Palestinians will mark the 70th anniversary of the ‘Nakba’, or catastrophe, when over 700,000 Palestinians...
View ArticleGazaâs humanitarian emergency continues to worsen as winter hits
Since the summer, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has been reporting on Gaza’s humanitarian emergency. People in Gaza have suffered a decade of declining living standards since Israel’s imposition...
View ArticleBeating breast cancer in the West Bank: âMy task now is to educate and help...
Breast cancer is one of the best understood and most treatable forms of cancer. However, for women living under occupation, rates of survival are incredibly low. Estimates of five-year survival rates...
View ArticleCelebrating MAP-supported project educating young Palestinian refugees in...
In May 2018, Palestinians will mark the 70th anniversary of the ‘Nakba’, or catastrophe, when over 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from or fled their homes under threat from armed groups during the...
View ArticleGaza's forgotten humanitarian emergency
Gaza is experiencing a humanitarian emergency, but when bombs are not falling, the international community pays little attention. People in Gaza have suffered a decade of declining living standards...
View ArticleSupporting breast cancer care for Palestinian women
Breast cancer is now one of the best understood, and most treatable, forms of cancer. Nevertheless, a diagnosis is a significant worry for any person, and the journey through treatment – which can...
View ArticleThe daily struggle of Gaza's electricity crisis
Mahmoud Shalabi, MAP’s Manager of Emergency and Medical Training Programmes, describes how severe electricity shortages detrimentally affect daily life in Gaza. “The electricity crisis does not...
View ArticleFrom Gaza to Geneva: promoting Palestinian health and dignity
Last week Haitham Al Saqqa, MAP’s Programme Assistant in Gaza, joined MAP colleagues in Geneva to brief states on the right to health of Palestinians and the rights of Palestinians with disabilities...
View ArticleA letter to the children of Shatila
MAP supporter Rahma Barclay has written a moving letter to the children of Shatila Camp, Lebanon, describing why she cycled 3,500km from London to the Old City of Jerusalem in aid of Medical Aid for...
View ArticleAida Camp: âNo escapeâ from Israelâs indiscriminate use of tear gas
New research released this month raises serious concerns about the health effects of “unprecedented” exposure to tear gas in Palestinian communities in the occupied Palestinian territory. Tear gas is...
View ArticleGaza to Geneva: speaking at the UN with MAP
In December, Haitham Al Saqqa, MAP’s Programme Assistant in Gaza, joined MAP colleagues in Geneva to brief states both on the right to health of Palestinians and on the rights of Palestinians with...
View ArticleUK Government responds to Health and Dignity petition
This week Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) received a response from the UK Government to our Health and Dignity petition, which was signed by over 13,000 people across the UK in 2017. MAP’s Health...
View ArticleWest Bank to Scotland: caring for cancer patients
In October 2017, four Palestinian nurses from Bethlehem University (BU) spent two weeks in Scotland learning about advances in caring for cancer patients, as part of a partnership between Medical Aid...
View Article9-year-old girl dies after travel for treatment obstructed
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is very saddened to learn of the death of a 9-year-old Palestinian girl with special needs whose access to urgent medical treatment was obstructed by occupying...
View ArticleTemporary relief as Gazaâs electricity partially increased
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) welcomes the news that on 7 January 2018, Israel began to resupply Gaza with 50 megawatts (MW) of power. The restoration of power to the levels as they were before...
View ArticleFurther Palestinians shot dead due to apparent excessive use of lethal force
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) remains deeply concerned by the ongoing loss of life and injuries caused by the Israeli security forces in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) in the period...
View ArticleAmbulances and occupation: restrictions to movement
A new documentary from Al-Jazeera English highlights movement restrictions on Palestinian ambulances. With many medical specialities such as radiotherapy and heart surgery only available in...
View ArticleUS withdrawal of UNRWA funding endangers the lives of Palestinian refugees
The US Government announced on Tuesday that it has halved its planned funding to the UN agency responsible for humanitarian support to Palestinian refugees, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency...
View ArticleHope for a healthy future: Combatting malnutrition in Gaza
After ten years of blockade and closure, malnutrition has become a significant risk to the health of Gaza’s youngest residents. A decade of restriction has placed huge obstacles to the movement of...
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