“Every child has the right to a safe space”: Opportunities to play and grow...
The Palestinian Circus School, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s partner in the West Bank, advocates the rights of Palestinian children with learning disabilities and promotes their full...
View ArticleHow overlapping crises are affecting young Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
Amid an economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, young Palestinian refugees living in camps in Lebanon have been disproportionately affected. Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) met with a group of...
View ArticleMAP calls for equal access to COVID-19 vaccines in the occupied Palestinian...
At the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) calls for equal access to COVID-19 vaccines in the occupied Palestinian territory. Below is our full statement....
View ArticleOne month on from the ceasefire, Gaza still needs our attention
After killing 256 Palestinians, including 66 children, and injuring nearly 2,000 others, Israel’s 11-day military offensive on Gaza was finally brought to a halt with a ceasefire on 21 May. One month...
View ArticleMAP provides emergency aid for Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem
Last Wednesday, in the context of the violent response to ongoing Palestinian protests, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) delivered emergency supplies to the Palestinian Medical Relief Society...
View ArticleMAP calls for an immediate end to attacks on Palestinian protesters
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is deeply concerned by recent attacks on Palestinian protesters by Israeli and Palestinian security forces and urges immediate protection for protesters and health...
View Article“I was helpless”: Health workers speak of unpreparedness and uncertainty...
“We had the ingredients for an imminent catastrophe: our health system is fragmented and fragile,” said a senior nurse at Al-Rantisi hospital in Gaza. “Fourteen years of isolation from medical...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Delta variant outbreak threatens to deepen wellbeing crisis among...
The arrival of the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) threatens to worsen the crisis in the fragmented and unprepared Palestinian health system,...
View Article“After each attack, we hoped life would get better”
Two months on from Israel’s latest military offensive on Gaza, Haitham Saqqa, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s Programme Assistant in Gaza, reflects on living under occupation, blockade and...
View ArticleEVENT: The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of Palestinian healthcare...
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Caabu invite you to an online launch of our new briefing paper, Dealing with Death and Distress: The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of Palestinian...
View ArticleA message from MAP’s new CEO, Tina Bajec
On 3 July, Tina Bajec was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), taking over from Dr Aimee Shalan who served in the role since 2017. Before taking up...
View ArticleResponding to the pandemic at its peak: Insights from a lab technician in Hebron
Khalid* is a laboratory technician who works in a hospital in Hebron, in the southern West Bank, which has been treating COVID-19 cases. Throughout the pandemic, Khalid has been in charge of the...
View ArticleVideo: MAP's first medical mission to Gaza in 17 months
Dr Andy Ferguson, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)'s Director of UK Programmes, gives an update on MAP's limb reconstruction mission to Gaza – our first mission in 17 months due to the COVID-19...
View Article“We can rebuild houses, but we can’t get back memories of our loved ones”
In the second of a two-part blog series, Haitham Saqqa, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s Programme Assistant in Gaza, shares his account of the Israeli military offensive in Gaza in May and its...
View ArticleMovement restrictions and isolation for East Jerusalem health workers amid...
“We witnessed the suffering and sometimes the death of our patients, which had a painful impact on us as medical teams,” said Hassan*, a senior intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency doctor working...
View ArticleSupporting Palestinian mothers amid Lebanon’s economic crisis
Wafa Dakwar, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s Senior Programmes Officer in Lebanon, joined community midwife Zeina on her visit to Ein el Helweh refugee camp in the south of Lebanon. Here, she...
View Article“It scares me to think about the future”: Young people in East Jerusalem face...
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s partner Al Saraya Centre provides psychosocial support services and empowerment activities for Palestinian youth growing up in the tense and insecure environment...
View ArticleOne year after the Beirut explosion, Lebanon faces a deepening humanitarian...
On the first anniversary of the Beirut explosion, Wafa Dakwar, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, warns that the country is facing a looming public health crisis...
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