New York Marathon 2018
Noor Bibi is running the New York Marathon 2018 to raise money and awareness for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). Noor is a British-Palestinian who grew up between London and Kuwait. She has been...
View ArticleMohamadâs story: âThey helped me become confident and dependableâ
Wafa Dakwar, Medical Aid for Palestinians' (MAP’s) Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, met with 17-year-old Palestinian refugee Mohamad to discuss the impact our ‘Adolescents Health and Life Skills...
View ArticleWatch: UK breast cancer specialists help Palestinian surgeons develop new...
This week, a multidisciplinary team of UK breast cancer specialists travelled to the West Bank with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) to help develop breast cancer care. One of the visiting surgeons...
View ArticleKhan al Ahmar update: Demolition suspended
The Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar has been under imminent threat of demolition and forcible transfer by Israeli forces since July. On Sunday 21 October, Israel announced that it was...
View ArticleIsraeli airstrike kills three boys in Gaza, ambulance access impeded
On Sunday 28 October, three Palestinian children were killed during an Israeli airstrike, suspected to have been from a drone in Gaza, northeast of Khan Younis. The Ministry of Health identified the...
View ArticleFollowing six UK breast cancer specialists in the West Bank
Last week, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) supported a multidisciplinary team of UK breast cancer specialists to travel to the West Bank to help develop Palestinian breast cancer care. Palestinian...
View ArticleA fantastic achievement for MAPâs family medicine programme in Palestine
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is delighted by the outstanding progress made by Palestinian health workers training to become family medicine doctors. In countries like the UK, when someone has a...
View ArticleThank you for supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month with MAP
Throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) highlighted the many barriers to care for Palestinian women affected by the disease, and asked supporters to take action to...
View ArticleCharity Commission response to complaint by UK Lawyers for Israel and the...
Following a press release issued by UK Lawyers for Israel and the Law Project in June, stating that they had filed a complaint against Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) with the Charity Commission,...
View ArticleMAPâs CEO visits Bedouin community Khan al Ahmar
MAP’s CEO, Aimee Shalan, reports on her October visit to the Bedouin community of Khan al Ahmar, under imminent threat of demolition and forcible transfer by Israeli forces since July. It was the day...
View ArticleâI made many friends and decided not to quit schoolâ
Wafa Dakwar, Medical Aid for Palestinians' (MAP’s) Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, met with 15-year-old Palestinian refugee Sara. They discussed the impact our ‘Adolescents Health and Life Skills...
View ArticleMAP gravely concerned by dangerous escalation in Gaza
Update [12pm, Wednesday 14 November]: Since this article was published a ceasefire has been agreed. Our team in Gaza reports that it is holding. Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is gravely...
View ArticleJoin MAP for free screening of Gaza documentary Ambulance
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) would like to invite you to a free screening of the powerful documentary Ambulance, by Gaza filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly. 26 November, 7pm Salt Lecture Theatre, SOAS...
View ArticleLearning with lightbulbs: Adapting education for refugee children with autism
Wafa Dakwar, Medical Aid for Palestinians' (MAP’s) Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, discusses how the MAP-supported Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation’s Habilitation preschool, in Mar Elias...
View ArticleâParticipate for your mental healthâ: Tackling mental health stigma in Gaza
In Gaza, as around the world, mental ill health continues to carry with it social stigma and discrimination. This is why Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has partnered with a local organisation,...
View ArticleFor medics in Gaza, even traveling out for training can be an ordeal
In October, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) supported Gaza surgeon Dr Mahmoud Basal to travel to Ethiopia to join an international training on treating patients with serious burns injuries, run by...
View ArticleâThe dream of lightâ: MAPâs team speak about this monthâs increased...
For more than two years, people in Gaza have been living with as few as four hours of electricity a day. From homes to hospitals, having such little mains electricity supply affected all aspects of...
View ArticleTackling gender-based violence: 16 days of activism in Lebanon
Wafa Dakwar, Medical Aid for Palestinians' (MAP’s) Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, describes how MAP is helping to prevent and address gender-based violence in Palestinian refugee camps in...
View Article"Life in Gaza is not easy. In some ways it is impossible."
Wafa Kanan, MAP’s Project Officer in Gaza, describes MAP’s emergency response. She agrees with the description of the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development in Palestine, Jamie...
View ArticleFirst Palestinian International Nursing Conference in Oncology and Palliative...
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s Oncology and Palliative Care Programme in the occupied Palestinian territory took another step forward this month, with the holding of the first Palestinian...
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