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Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the West Bank

In the West Bank, MAP’s partner, the Dunya Women’s Cancer Centre, have been holding a variety of events as part of their Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign.

Promoting breast cancer awareness in Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps

Read about how our partner, Naba'a, are helping promote early diagnosis of breast cancer in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon this Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Join our Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2017 Campaign

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, MAP is encouraging supporters to write to their MP and urge the UK Government to to help end barriers to care for patients living under occupation and blockade.

MAP breast cancer delegation visits occupied Palestinian territory

This week, a team of British medical specialists has begun a two-week visit to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) as part of the programme of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) to improve care for Palestinian patients with breast cancer.

UK Government responds to our breast cancer campaign

The UK's Department for International Development has responded to our campaign calling on the Government to do more to support Palestinian women affected by breast cancer.

Beloved Abeer passes away after being denied travel for treatment outside Gaza

MAP is very saddened to hear that Abeer Abu Jayyab, 46, died in Gaza on 8 June 2017. Abeer suffered from breast cancer but from February the Israeli authorities rejected her requests for a travel permit so as to receive treatment in East Jerusalem.

MAP-supported Dunya Clinic wins Women’s Development Prize

One of MAP's local partners, the Dunya Women’s Cancer Centre, has been awarded the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Prize for Women’s Contribution to Development.

World Health Day: ‘Let’s talk'

Today is World Health Day, and this year’s theme is ‘Let’s Talk’, with a focus on the topic of depression – the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide.

The Dunya Women’s Cancer Centre: Supporting women with breast cancer

This week the MAP-supported Dunya Women Cancer Centre in Ramallah, West Bank, is participating in a women’s beauty ...

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