Palestinian women and infants need your support.
MAP's midwives visit pregnant women, nursing mothers and infants in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon. They provide women and families with breastfeeding advice, and other health and parental support amid the country’s severe economic crisis.
Food prices in the country have greatly increased in recent times, leaving many Palestinian refugees unable to afford basic food supplies and skipping meals as a result. This leads to poor nutrition which can have harmful health effects, particularly on mothers and babies. Malnutrition is an underlying cause of almost half of the death rates for under-five-year-olds, and malnourished mothers are at higher risk of illness and complications during pregnancy and childbirth.
MAP supports mothers and babies through home-visits by a team of skilled midwives and nurses. These include health screenings, pregnancy follow-ups, and health and nutritional counselling.
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