MAP delivers limb reconstruction equipment to Gaza
This month Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) delivered urgently needed limb reconstruction equipment to Gaza, thanks to the response we received to our Gaza Emergency Appeal. Error module embedded...
View ArticleâWhen they find out youâre Palestinian, they say no"
Mohammed*, a Palestinian refugee nurse in a Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) hospital in Lebanon, spoke to MAP about the barriers he faces working in the health sector in Lebanon. His story...
View ArticleâIt is not fair. Highly qualified Palestinian doctors are unable to workâ
Imaan*, a gynaecologist, spoke to MAP about the barriers she has faced as a Palestinian refugee working in the Lebanese health sector. Can you tell us about your work as a medic? What is your current...
View ArticleDifficult journey to the UK for MAPâs Director in Gaza
MAP’s Director of Programmes from Gaza, Fikr Shalltoot, joined us last month in London for our quarterly board meeting. But despite being in the role for over a decade, getting to the UK was very...
View ArticleNew WHO reports underline healthcare challenges for Palestinian patients
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights how Israel’s barriers to freedom continue to prevent some Palestinian patients from accessing urgently needed medical care, including...
View ArticleParliament discusses pending demolition of Khan al Ahmar, Bedouin community...
In a week in which the Israeli authorities carried out demolition work in multiple Palestinian communities including Khan Al Ahmar, Abu Nuwar and Susiya, MPs discussed the need for urgent action to...
View ArticleMAP joins call for the blockade and closure on Gaza to be lifted
Joint letter on behalf of 23 International, European, Israeli and Palestinian human rights and development organisations, calling on the European Union to urge Israel to immediately and...
View ArticleFive things Theresa May should raise with Trump in support of Palestiniansâ...
This week, US President Donald Trump is on a three-day visit to the UK which will include meetings with UK Prime Minister Theresa May and new Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Downing Street has said...
View ArticleUrgent action needed to stop impending demolition and forcible transfer of...
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is gravely concerned by Israel’s recent and ongoing demolitions in Palestinian Bedouin communities in the West Bank, including in Khan Al Ahmar, Abu Nuwar and...
View ArticleEmpowering Palestinian youth in Lebanon: MAPâs health and life skills...
In May, on the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) released its latest report, Health in Exile, highlighting the many challenges to health and dignity for Palestinian...
View ArticleUpdate: Palestinians killed in Gaza at protests and during air strikes
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s remains deeply concerned about the serious risk to the life and welfare of Palestinians amid the worsening security situation in Gaza. On Friday 13 July, two...
View ArticleTake action: The UK must get serious about attacks on Palestinian health workers
Error module embedded not found Take action: Help protect health workers Palestinian Paramedics, Musa Abuhassanin and Razan al-Najjar, were shot and killed by Israeli forces while carrying out their...
View ArticlePromoting dignity for children growing up in East Jerusalem
US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel – and to move the US embassy to the city – was met with international opposition and condemnation. Little, however,...
View ArticleUN warns essential services on verge of shutdown in Gaza as emergency fuel...
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Jamie McGoldrick, has warned of the potentially dire humanitarian consequences of Gaza's deepening electricity and fuel crisis....
View ArticleIn Gaza, is the international community abandoning its pledge to protect...
Last week, Medical Aid for Palestinians launched a new campaign, calling for the UK Government to take action to protect Palestinian health workers who have come under attack in Gaza. We highlighted...
View ArticleNew MAP film: Attacks on healthcare in Gaza
Since the 'Great March of Return' protests began on 30 March, two Palestinian health workers have been killed and hundreds injured by Israeli forces using live ammunition, rubber bullets and teargas....
View ArticleFirst cohort of Palestinian oncology and palliative care nurses graduate in...
Last month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) was delighted to celebrate the graduation of the first intake of participants in the Bethlehem University (BU) Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences...
View ArticleLebanon: Cervical cancer is largely curable â if identified early
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women and, despite being largely curable if detected at an early stage, it continues to claim the lives of many women, especially in developing...
View ArticleWHO: Lives at risk as emergency fuel for Gaza hospitals runs out
The World Health Organisation (WHO)’s latest situation report underlines the seriousness of Gaza’s humanitarian decline in the face of fuel shortages, continuing casualties from Israeli forces’ use of...
View ArticleMAPâs family medicine Transitional Training Program takes off in the West Bank
Family medicine services – in the UK provided through your GP – seek to provide a primary point of medical contact in a health system for all people of all ages. This person-centred approach deals...
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