Developing physiotherapy care for Gazaâs youngest generation
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s programmes work to not only meet immediate humanitarian needs by providing essential medicines and equipment, but also contribute to the long-term development of...
View ArticleUS cuts to East Jerusalem hospitals threatens thousands of Palestinian...
The US State Department announced on 8 September further aid cuts to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), withdrawing $25 million budgeted for Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem. The...
View ArticleRemembering the victims and survivors of the Sabra and Shatila massacre
MAP's Director of Programmes in Lebanon, Dr Ali Dakwar, lays a wreath at a memorial service for the Sabra and Shatila massacre. This week, on the 36th anniversary of the massacre in the Palestinian...
View ArticleMPs visit the occupied West Bank with MAP and Caabu amid growing crisis
Last week Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and the Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu) again visited the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) with a delegation of British MPs. Joining us...
View ArticleDelivering lifesaving skills to Palestineâs medics
This summer, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) celebrated the high number of Palestinian doctors, nurses and paramedics trained to save the lives of patients with major trauma injuries. In the West...
View ArticleMAPâs Director of Programmes in Gaza speaks at Labour Party Conference
This week, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) was at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool speaking to Parliamentarians, delegates and the public about the humanitarian emergency in Gaza, and...
View ArticleNew MAP film: Saving lives and limbs in Gaza
In September, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) supported another limb reconstruction mission to Gaza in partnership with IDEALS. Over five days, the team of UK medics supported local health workers...
View ArticleChildren killed in Gaza, victims of chronic impunity
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) remains deeply concerned by the further loss of life and mass casualties in Gaza, including among Palestinian children. At least 45 Palestinian children have been...
View ArticlePromoting growth, development and protection of Lebanonâs most marginalised...
Wafa Dakwar, MAP's Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, describes how Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is helping to promote growth, development and protection amongst the most marginalised...
View ArticleAt Labour Party conference, MAP urges action on Israeli policies endangering...
For the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool last week, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) contributed strongly to both the packed daytime meeting at which our Gaza Director Fikr Shalltoot was a...
View ArticleAn unprecedented crisis for Palestinians: How will the UK respond?
Writing in the New Statesman last week, MAP CEO Aimee Shalan called for a new approach to the crisis faced by Palestinians: One year ago, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) warned of a “humanitarian...
View ArticleNew MAP fact sheet: Addressing Gaza's humanitarian emergency
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has released a new fact sheet, which discusses the humanitarian emergency in Gaza and recommends how the UK Government can address the unprecedented crisis. The UK...
View ArticleThe outstanding work of MAPâs community midwives
The health of women and children is a major cause for concern for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Determined to help support the latest generation of Palestinians being born into exile, Medical Aid...
View ArticleImproving care for Palestinian burns patients
Burns injuries are a prevalent health risk for Palestinians in the West Bank. Whether caused by industrial accidents, house fires or even arson attacks by settlers, they can cause extreme pain and...
View ArticleLatest WHO report shows unprecedented barriers to Palestiniansâ right to...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its latest annual report on the barriers to the realisation of the ‘right to the highest attainable standard of health’ of Palestinians in the occupied...
View ArticleDeveloping Palestinian breast cancer care this Breast Cancer Awareness Month
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a group of UK specialists is travelling to the West Bank with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) to support the development of breast cancer care. We spoke to Jane...
View ArticleMAP at the Scottish National Party Conference 2018
This October, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) attended the annual conference of the Scottish National Party (SNP). At the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, MAP shared a stall with SNP Friends of...
View ArticleWatch: UK medics travel to Gaza to improve breast cancer care
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual worldwide campaign to raise understanding of the importance of breast cancer treatment, education and research. Across the occupied Palestinian...
View ArticleMedical Aid for Palestinians statement on complaint by UK Lawyers for Israel...
In June 2018, UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) and the Lawfare Project issued a press release stating that they had filed a complaint against Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) with the Charity...
View ArticleTake action: call on the UK Government to help save the lives of Palestinian...
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is encouraging supporters to write to their MP, to call for action to address the needs of Palestinian women affected by breast...
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