Despite return of some electricity, Gazaâs medical emergency deepens
Since August 2017, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has been sounding the alarm about the deepening humanitarian emergency in Gaza, where the health system is suffering the cumulative effects of a...
View ArticleIsrael undergoes Universal Periodic Review of its human rights record
This week Israel underwent the third Universal Periodic Review of its human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. During the interactive dialogue, states had the opportunity to raise...
View ArticleGaza update: hospital and seven clinics close due to fuel shortages
Last week, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) warned of Gaza’s deepening medical emergency. This week several medical services ground to a halt in Gaza, including a hospital and seven medical centres,...
View ArticleFrom Gaza to Geneva: leaving Palestine for the first time to speak at the UN
In December 2017, Haitham Al Saqqa, MAP’s Programme Assistant in Gaza, joined MAP colleagues in Geneva to brief states and others on the right to health of Palestinians and on the rights of...
View ArticleUrgent action needed to prevent total collapse of Gaza health system
As Gaza’s humanitarian emergency deepens, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has called for urgent action from the international community to prevent the total collapse of Gaza’s health sector. Gaza...
View ArticleMAP joins 70 NGOs to call for an end to occupation
A new report from The Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA), a coalition of more than 70 NGOs working in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), documents the grim reality of life...
View ArticleGaza update: Surgeries and cleaning services cancelled and medicines continue...
Last week, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s team in Gaza reported on the closure of services at three hospitals and 16 clinics due to shortages of fuel to keep generators running. The UAE and...
View ArticlePress release: 54 Gaza patients died in 2017 following denial or delay to...
Joint press release from Medical Aid for Palestinians, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Physicians for Human Rights Israel and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights. Email your MP and urge the UK...
View ArticleStatement from MAP Chair on our commitment to safeguarding our beneficiaries...
The Chair of MAP’s Board of Trustees, Steve James, confirms MAP’s commitment to safeguarding our beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation: Following the Charity Commission’s revelation yesterday...
View ArticleGaza update: Children killed by Israeli fire as healthcare continues to decline
This week, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s team in Gaza has reported on an increasingly tense situation and continued deterioration of healthcare there. On Saturday (17 February), two teenage...
View ArticleMAP's impact: Developing surgical skills in Gaza
Blockade, separation, isolation, conflict, movement restriction, a lack of resources, socioeconomic decline, and power cuts… these are some of the constant challenges that the people of Gaza have...
View ArticleLatest delegation of British MPs return from MAP-Caabu visit to the West Bank
Last week witnessed the first Caabu and MAP-supported parliamentary delegation to the West Bank of 2018. The MPs were: Bob Seely (Isle of Wight, Conservative), member of the Foreign Affairs Select...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council begins ahead of key Palestine votes
The 37th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council began this week. In his opening remarks, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein warned of the global failure to...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Film Festival: Muhi â Generally Temporary (London, 11-12...
This month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) will be joining the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London as a presenting partner for ‘Muhi – Generally Temporary’, showing at the Barbican, London,...
View ArticleGaza update: Teenage fisherman killed and Palestinians injured
On Sunday 25 February a Palestinian teenager, 18-year-old Ismail Saleh Abu Reyala, was killed by Israeli forces while fishing off the coast of northern Gaza. During the incident, two other fishermen...
View Article"Family medicine makes me a different doctor"
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 ArticleInternational Womenâs Day: supporting breast cancer care for Palestinian women
To mark International Women’s Day this week, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is celebrating the outstanding contribution of those helping to develop care and support for women affected by breast...
View ArticleJoin MAPâs side-event at the UN: Human Rights in the oPt
If you are attending the Human Rights Council session in Geneva this month, come along to Medical Aid for Palestinians’ (MAP) side-event! Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory: Health,...
View ArticleEvent: Health Under Occupation with UN Special Rapporteur
MAP invites you to a discussion with Professor Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, on Tuesday 27 March. Health Under Occupation Tuesday 27 March...
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