Remembering paramedic Musa: The Great March of Returnâs deadliest day two...
Today Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) remembers with deep sadness the horrific loss of life at deadliest day of the “Great March of Return” protests in Gaza two years ago, 14 May 2018. In a single...
View ArticleOngoing Nakba amid the pandemic: further catastrophe looms for Palestinian...
On the anniversary of the Nakba, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is warning that only sustained international support can prevent further humanitarian suffering among Palestinian refugees. Friday...
View ArticleUpcoming event: Palestinians in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Medical aid for Palestinians (MAP) invites you to a panel discussion, Palestinians in the COVID-19 Pandemic, organised by UNRWA, that we are speaking at next Wednesday, 20 May. Palestinians and...
View ArticleFears mount as Gaza reports first COVID-19 death
In a worrying development, Gaza confirmed its first COVID-19 (coronavirus) death on Saturday 23 May. The woman, identified as 77-year-old Fadila Muhammad Abu Raida, died at a quarantine hospital after...
View ArticleAbierâs success story: âMy legs are the same length. I couldnât be...
“I was about to give up. I was starting to become detached from my family and friends as there were no doctors or experts helping people with bone complication like mine. I was always sad and...
View ArticleâLockdown is different for us, people with hearing lossâ
COVID-19 (coronavirus) touches the lives of everyone, but not all people are equally affected by the virus or the measures enacted to tackle it. As the UN has recently highlighted, persons with...
View Article5 lessons for the UK Government on COVID-19 and Palestinian communities
MAP’s evidence to the International Development Committee In April, the UK House of Commons’ International Development Committee (IDC) launched an inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on...
View ArticleRemembering MAPâs former trustee and lifetime achievement awardee Runa Mackay
All of us at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) are deeply saddened to learn of the death of close friend and colleague Dr Runa Mackay. “It is impossible for us to fully appreciate all that Runa has...
View ArticleMaryamâs story: Caring for a newborn without the support of my family in...
For Palestinian women living as refugees in Lebanon, pregnancy, childbirth and caring for a new baby can be a particularly worrying ordeal. Palestinian refugees have very limited or no access to...
View ArticleMAP demands accountability for killing of Eyad Hallaq
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is deeply saddened and shocked by the killing of Eyad Hallaq, a 32-year-old Palestinian man with autism and a mild learning disability. Eyad was fatally shot by...
View ArticleEvent: Violent attacks and threats against health care
While health workers around the world receive tributes and recognition for their roles in the COVID-19 response, they also face aerial bombardment, targeted violence, kidnappings, and threats to their...
View ArticleDenied treatment six times: Imanâs struggle with breast cancer
Meet 44-year-old Iman*. She lives in Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza with her five children. Iman has been diagnosed with breast cancer and was told she needs to receive targeted (biological) therapy...
View ArticleGaza 2020 Lift the Closure
This month, Palestinians mark 13 painful years since the start of the illegal closure and blockade on Gaza. This week, MAP, with our partners Al Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and the...
View ArticleMAP partners with PACES to respond to COVID-19 in Lebanon and East Jerusalem
In the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and many parts of the occupied Palestinian territory, the threat of coronavirus continues to threaten health and lives due to humanitarian chronic...
View ArticleAnnexation and the deterioration of the right to health of Palestinians
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) decries the Israeli government’s intended annexation of significant parts of the occupied West Bank, to start as soon as 1 July, for the intensified widespread and...
View ArticleUK charities ask: Is the UK government abandoning the Palestinian people?
As a group of UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations working to support the rights and welfare of the Palestinian people, we are gravely concerned by the Israeli...
View ArticleAs Palestinian coronavirus cases more than double in a week, international...
The number of COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) has more than doubled in just one week, intensifying fears of a widespread outbreak and highlighting the need for...
View ArticleCOVID-19 cases double again in Palestine: MAP response continues
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) remains gravely concerned by the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and the prospect of an exponentially worsening COVID-19 (coronavirus)...
View ArticleAnnexation undermines Palestiniansâ health and wellbeing: Email your MP and...
Israel’s government pledged to formally annex further parts of the occupied West Bank, and may do so any day now. Such a move would be manifestly unlawful, with the acquisition of territory by force...
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