Palestine’s COVID-19 surge: Five key questions answered by MAP’s Gaza Director
The occupied Palestinian territory is currently experiencing another worrying surge in cases of COVID-19 driven by the Delta variant of the disease, particularly in Gaza. We asked Fikr Shalltoot,...
View ArticleWorld Mental Health Day 2021: Working towards mental health care for all in Gaza
This year’s World Mental Health Day serves as a stark reminder of the mental health crisis facing Palestinians in Gaza. Just as many of the physical injuries caused by Israel’s 11-day military...
View ArticleMAP highlights plight of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon to UN Special...
On Saturday 9 October, Lebanon’s power grid shut down for 24 hours due to fuel shortages at two of the country’s biggest power stations. The blackout reflects a deepening economic crisis in Lebanon,...
View ArticleHow restrictions on Gaza are a matter of life and death for breast cancer...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Palestinian women, comprising 29% of all cancer diagnoses in the West Bank and 20% in Gaza. Yet Israel’s restrictions on Gaza negatively impact the...
View ArticleVideo: What is the one thing Palestinians would like to say to UK politicians?
More than 70 years since the British Mandate in Palestine ended, the Palestinian people continue to be comprehensively denied their individual and collective human rights. Israel's perpetual military...
View ArticleIsraeli Government’s attacks on six Palestinian civil society groups must be...
16 UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations working to support the rights and welfare of the Palestinian people condemn the Israeli Government’s shocking decision to...
View Article“The breast cancer campaign’s activities are essential during these times”
Every October, during breast cancer awareness month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and our local partner in Lebanon, Naba’a, organise a campaign to increase community understanding of the...
View ArticleIsraeli forces raid MAP’s partner providing psychosocial support to children...
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is deeply concerned to learn that Israeli forces raided the building of our partner Al Saraya Centre in occupied East Jerusalem. On the afternoon of Wednesday 20...
View ArticleThis is Not a Subject for Comedy: Comedian, Ivor Dembina's show for Palestine
MAP supporter and comedian, Ivor Dembina, has been fundraising for our medical projects in Palestine through his comedy show in London since September 2021. We spoke to him about his experiences and...
View ArticleMAP joins UN Special Rapporteur to highlight challenges for persons with...
On Monday 25 October, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s Community Programme Officer Haitham Saqqa joined a panel of experts to discuss the challenges facing persons with disabilities in Gaza, at...
View Article“I don’t know how we are surviving”: Six months on from Israel’s assault on Gaza
Six months have passed since Israel’s 11-day military offensive on Gaza in May, but the rebuilding efforts have been desperately slow and the ongoing health needs of Gaza’s two million people remain...
View Article“The difference between living and dying was a matter of luck”
Six months on from Israel’s 11-day military offensive on Gaza in May, many destroyed buildings remain unreconstructed and many wounds unhealed. We recently spoke to Dr Nidal Abu Hadrous, the Head of...
View ArticleMAP calls on UK Government to reverse aid cuts to Palestinian healthcare
MAP is deeply concerned by the UK Government’s decision to cut its aid funding to Palestinian health and education workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and unprecedented pressures on the...
View ArticleMedical Aid for Palestinians at SNP Conference 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deepening health inequalities between Palestinians and Israelis. These inequalities are particularly stark in Area C of the occupied West Bank, where Palestinian...
View Article“We eat anything we can afford so we don’t stay hungry”
Lebanon’s economic crisis is disproportionately affecting Palestinian women and children in the country’s refugee camps. This month, Wafa Dakwar, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s Programme Manager...
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View ArticleIsrael’s discrimination against Palestinians leads to stark health inequalities
Today, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has published a position paper highlighting how Israel systematically discriminates...
View ArticleMAP hosts Gaza’s second cancer conference on improving care for patients
On 19-20 November, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) organised Gaza's second cancer conference, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health (MoH). Following the success of the first conference in...
View ArticleAddressing increasing gender-based violence in Gaza
To mark the international campaign of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), we highlight how the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s...
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