Health in Exile: Barriers to the Health and Dignity of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
Timed to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has released a new report which illustrates how perpetual displacement and marginalisation has created a decades-long humanitarian crisis for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
The 16-page report shows not only how dismal socioeconomic conditions impact their health and dignity, but how a chronically under-resourced and jumbled system of healthcare is struggling to deliver adequate services.
MAP’s report calls upon the international community to work with Palestinian-focused health providers, including UNRWA, to ensure healthcare is affordable, appropriate, sustainable and comprehensive, while also urgently filling immediate gaps in services.
