What is MAP doing to help Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon?
MAP’s team in Gaza were among the first to respond to the current emergency and remain one of the only international organisations working to provide humanitarian and medical services, including in the north.
Since Israel's military bombardment and complete closure of Gaza began, the health system has all but collapsed. In that time we've delivered some $12 million USD worth of aid to Gaza.
While our emergency response is mainly focused on Gaza, we are also supporting medical services in the occupied West Bank, amid a significant escalation of Israeli military and settler violence against Palestinians.
MAP is also deeply concerned by the severe humanitarian impact of Israel’s attacks in Lebanon on the civilian population, including Palestinian refugee camps and communities that we serve. Alongside our local partners, we are working in the 12 Palestinian refugee camps across the country and are prepared to respond to increasing medical needs.
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In Gaza we have:
- provided more than $12.2 million USD worth of aid to Palestinians in Gaza including essential drugs and disposables, hygiene kits, food packages, and shelter supplies
- deployed 12 emergency medical teams (EMTs), comprised of medical and humanitarian specialists, to treat injuries and infections among Palestinians, and to support Palestinian healthcare workers and the capacity of the local health system. So far, our EMTs have worked in Al Aqsa Hospital, Nasser Hospital and the European Gaza Hospital, and conducted 4,606 consultations and 983 surgeries
- established 16 medical points in central and southern Gaza, in collaboration with our community partners and with support from the oPt-Humanitarian Fund, to provide primary healthcare services, monitor and respond to the outbreak of communicable diseases, screen for malnutrition, and provide sexual and reproductive health services
- supported the rehabilitation of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and the refurbishment of Shifa Hospital, following Israeli military sieges and attacks
- launched a nutrition programme to protect 150,000 women, children, and others at risk of malnutrition, through frontline health services, nutrition screening, and prevention over the next two years
- established a paediatric intensive care unit at the Patient’s Friends Benevolent Society Hospital in Gaza City
- supported the World Health Organization and other agencies in the monitoring and quality of the poliovirus vaccination campaign
- established the ‘Solidarity Polyclinic’ in Deir al-Balah. This is an advanced medical point and a specialised care facility providing comprehensive services including medical care, primary healthcare and two ambulances. Since July the Polyclinic has been receiving an average of 353 patients a day
In the West Bank we have:
- released prepositioned medical supplies to hospitals in areas most affected by attacks (particularly in the north), and procured needed medical supplies
- provided support to communities in ‘Area C’ of the West Bank, where access to permanent healthcare is denied by Israeli authorities, through mobile clinics
- released prepositioned emergency medical items to the main hospitals in Tulkarem and Jericho, as well an urgent care centre in Silwad. This is due to the escalation in Israeli military and settler violence in these areas
In Lebanon we are:
- providing mental health and psychosocial support for displaced families seeking refuge in nine of the 11 shelters, set up by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), including in Saida and Nahr el Bared
- our team of community midwives are providing services to displaced mothers and children in the shelters as well as four camps that they usually work in
- procuring supplies of blankets, hygiene kits, medications and food packages which we will release if there is an escalation of violence
- working with the Ministry of Health to deploy emergency medical teams, comprised of international volunteer healthcare experts, to help treat civilians and support the local health system.
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MAP is also calling on the international community to demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and take steps to protect civilian life and infrastructure – including healthcare facilities – from attack. We are demanding that the international community upholds its Responsibility to Protect Palestinians from atrocities, and pressures Israel to end its total siege on Gaza, so that food, water, fuel, electricity, and medical and shelter supplies can enter and be safely distributed to those who need them. We are also calling for the UK to end all arms sales to Israel.
In our latest campaign, we are calling on the UK to stop being an ally to the atrocities Israel is committing in Gaza.
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