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Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees.

We provide immediate medical aid to those in great need, while also developing local capacity and skills to ensure the long-term development of the Palestinian healthcare system.

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Lebanon Crisis

Lebanon is experiencing its worst economic crisis in decades, which is disproportionately affecting Palestinian refugees. MAP is upscaling its response to meet the needs of the most vulnerable people.

Palestinian Health Heroes Under Strain

The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to deepen a wellbeing crisis among Palestinian healthcare workers. Find out more about the devastating toll of the pandemic on Palestine's healthcare heroes and why international action is urgently needed to support them.

Palestine emergency situation updates

MAP is carefully monitoring the current violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and will keep supporters updated with developments.

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Supporting Palestinian mothers amid Lebanon’s economic crisis

Wafa Dakwar, MAP’s Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, joined community midwife Zeina on her visit to Ein el Helweh refugee camp in the south of Lebanon. Here, she describes how MAP’s midwives have supported Palestinian mothers with breastfeeding advice, and other health and parental support amid the economic crisis in Lebanon.

Movement restrictions and isolation for East Jerusalem health workers amid the pandemic

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic across the occupied Palestinian territory, lockdown restrictions and Israel’s permit system have caused Palestinian health workers to feel isolated and anxious. We hear from two healthcare workers from Hebron whose mental health and wellbeing have been affected by restrictions on freedom of movement

“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, MAP’s Programme Assistant in Gaza, shares his account of the Israeli military offensive in Gaza in May and its impact on people with disabilities.

Video: 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.

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