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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: MAP & Dr Philippa Whitford celebrate two years...

On the occasion of Breast Cancer Awareness month 2019, Dr Philippa Whitford MP and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) are celebrating two years of partnership between Scottish breast cancer experts...

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“I faced two types of discrimination: as a woman and a woman with a...

Majdeh, a young woman from Gaza, describes the difficulties she faced growing up with a visual impairment and how MAP’s partner the Nusirat Rehabilitation and Social Training Association supported her...

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: “I’m proud to be a survivor at the Dunya...

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is celebrating the outstanding work of our partner the Dunya Women Cancer Centre, the only clinic in the West Bank to specialise...

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"أواجه نوعين من التمييز ضدي: كوني إمرأة...

أطلقت جمعية العون الطبي للفلسطينيين – ماب - مشروعا للتصويرالتفاعلي مع الأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة في غزة. ويقوم الÙ...

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Latest Gaza photography workshops puts disability rights in focus

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is delighted with the engagement and creativity shown by the photographers involved in a participatory photography project we are supporting in Gaza alongside our...

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month round-up: MAP’s activities in Palestine,...

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) once again marked Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, with a series of activities to raise awareness of the disease, to promote early detection, and share the...

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“I would probably be able to see if I lived somewhere else”

Bader, a 35-year-old man living in Gaza, describes losing his vision after being unable to access adequate health care and how as a facilitator with MAP’s partner, the Nusirat Rehabilitation and...

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MAP’s largest limb reconstruction mission to Gaza

Last month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) supported our largest limb reconstruction surgical mission to Gaza yet, in partnership with IDEALS. Travelling from the UK, 11 medical volunteers -...

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MAP gravely concerned by dangerous escalation in Gaza

[Update, 8pm] As one of Gaza’s first responders, MAP is ready to support hospitals as the security situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate this evening, with airstrikes across the Strip. According...

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MAP hopes for the best but prepares for worst amid dangerous Gaza escalation

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is extremely concerned by the escalation in Gaza and is reacting fast to support hospitals to treat casualties amid the deteriorating security situation. According...

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Exhibition and talk: photographing disability rights in Gaza

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is delighted to invite you to our Gaza photography exhibition at the P21 Gallery in London on 3 December. This exhibition showcases MAP’s exciting photography...

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MAP’s support to Gaza hospitals amid last week’s escalation

Last week, Gaza was again rocked by a violent military escalation that resulted in the deaths of 34 Palestinians, including eight children, and at least 111 injured, including 46 children. It began in...

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How one mother is supporting Palestinian women in Lebanon

Om Shadi is a Palestinian mother from Ein el Helweh refugee camp in south Lebanon. Om Shadi has been volunteering in the MAP-supported reproductive health programme run by our partner, Naba’a -...

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تصوير حقوق الأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة في غزة

أطلقت جمعية العون الطبي للفلسطينيين MAP مشروع تصوير مثير مع الأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة في قطاع غزة في شهر سبتيمبر الÙ...

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People with disabilities in Gaza launch joint Gaza-London photography...

Today Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is celebrating International Day for People with Disabilities with a joint photography exhibition being held in both Gaza and the P21 Gallery in London, titled...

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Gaza conference: “Together beating cancer and crossing barriers”

Last month Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) organised a first-of-its-kind conference in Gaza, titled “Cancer Professionals’ Scientific Days”, bringing together a multidisciplinary team of local and...

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MAP attends International Conference on the future of Family Medicine in...

In another important step forward for our Family Medicine Programme in the West Bank, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) sponsored a second International Conference on Family Medicine in Bethlehem on...

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“During the attacks we age quickly and children lose their dreams”

Last month 34 Palestinians were killed, including eight children, and at least 111 injured during a violent military escalation in Gaza. A member of Medical Aid for Palestinians’ (MAP’s) staff...

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Joint Palestine-UK photo exhibition highlights barriers to rights of people...

On 3 December Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), and our Gaza-based partners the Nusirat Rehabilitation and Social Training Association and the Social Developmental Forum, were delighted to celebrate...

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New MAP film: Gaza Paramedic Sabreen shot a second time

Gaza paramedic Sabreen Qeshta describes in MAP’s new film being shot while treating injured demonstrators at the “Great March of Return” and the impact this has had on her life. Despite being an...

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