Breaking down the barriers for people with disabilities in Gaza
People with disabilities are among the most excluded groups in Gaza. Facing social isolation and frequent denial of their rights, they are more likely to live in poverty and experience violence. For...
View ArticleVideo: Mobile clinic provides healthcare for Palestinians facing daily...
In our latest film, we hear how a mobile clinic, provided by Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), in partnership with the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), is providing essential health...
View ArticlePalestinian refugees’ limited right to work in Lebanon a “step in the right...
A ministerial decree that has partially removed the ban preventing Palestinian refugees from working in trade-union regulated professions in Lebanon is a positive step forward, but Medical Aid for...
View ArticleNew MAP research finds that more than 66,000 Palestinians are exposed to...
In 2019, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) conducted research into the main causes of burn injuries across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). The research was the first of its kind in the oPt...
View ArticleUK specialist supports breast cancer care ahead of new clinic opening in the...
From 28 November to 2 December, a UK breast cancer specialist travelled to the West Bank with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) to support the development of Palestinian breast cancer care. Jane...
View ArticleA Christmas message from MAP’s West Bank Director
Dear friend, When will life return to “normal”? Around the world, lives have been upturned and changed in countless ways by the pandemic. We have adapted our societies and daily interactions to try to...
View ArticleA new year’s message from MAP’s President, Baroness Morris of Bolton
2021 was yet another turbulent year for Palestinians. The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has been compounded by violence across the West Bank and Gaza, heaping pressure on a healthcare system that is...
View ArticleEdinburgh Dook fundraiser for MAP
On New Year's Day in Edinburgh, a group of 10 swimmers and two paddlers, cheered on by a big crowd, braved the icy cold waters of the dook, all to raise vital funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians...
View ArticleMAP highlights systematic discrimination of Palestinians at SNP Annual...
On Sunday 28 November, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)'s West Bank Director, Aisha Mansour spoke at the Scottish National Party (SNP) Annual Conference, alongside Yasmine Ahmed, UK Director of...
View ArticleMAP calls for the immediate release of Palestinian youth with autoimmune...
MAP supports the call from the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) for the immediate release of Amal Nakhleh, a critically ill young Palestinian refugee who has been held by...
View ArticleA vital lifeline for babies born under tightening blockade
This month, the official in charge of public health in Gaza, Dr Majdi Dahir, raised the latest alarm in response to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Gaza. “We don’t have the...
View ArticleOmicron surge threatens to overwhelm Gaza’s health services
One month after the first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was discovered, Gaza is now in the midst of a fourth wave of the pandemic. On 26 January, 1,250 new cases of the virus were confirmed...
View Article“The health sector is always on the edge of collapsing”
Gaza is still feeling the effects of Israel’s military offensive in May last year and with a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic spreading through the population, healthcare services are facing...
View ArticleMedics injured and impeded during renewed violence in Sheikh Jarrah
Renewed violence by Israeli forces and settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem is bringing back distressing memories of events in May 2021, which culminated in Israel’s...
View Article“We have only one hour of electricity per day”
Wafa Dakwar, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s Programme Manager in Lebanon, visited a family in Ein el Helweh refugee camp and heard how MAP has supported them amid Lebanon's economic crisis. In a...
View ArticleMAP delivers new ambulance to East Jerusalem paramedics amid increasing...
On Tuesday 1 March, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) delivered a new ambulance to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS). This will bolster the vital work of their paramedic teams, and comes at a...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: Providing a glimmer of hope for women facing...
On International Women’s Day, Aseel Baidoun, Medical Aid for Palestinian (MAP)’s Advocacy and Communications Officer in the West Bank, spoke to Nour* about her experiences as a woman living in the Old...
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