#COVID-19

Omicron surge threatens to overwhelm Gaza’s health services

One month after the first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was discovered, Gaza is now in the midst of a fourth wave of the pandemic.

تفشّي متحوّر أوميكرون يهدد بإجهاد الخدمات الصحية في قطاع غزة

إزدياد حالات الإصابة بفيروس كورونا في فلسطين: خمس أسئلة يجيبها مدير "ماب" في غزة

Palestine’s COVID-19 surge: Five key questions answered by MAP’s Gaza Director

Amid Gaza's COVID-19 surge, we asked five key questions to our Gaza Director about what this means for the beleaguered health system and how MAP is responding.

Gaza faces COVID-19 surge amid violence and worsening blockade

Fears are growing that Gaza is experiencing a third wave of COVID-19, as the highly infectious Delta variant of the virus continues to spread throughout the densely-populated area. This threatens to overwhelm Gaza’s already fragmented and under-resourced healthcare system and its exhausted workforce.

EVENT: The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of Palestinian healthcare workers (21 July)

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Caabu invite you to an online launch of our new briefing paper, Dealing with Death and Distress: The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of Palestinian healthcare workers, on Wednesday 21 July.

Our essential food support to vulnerable Palestinian refugees in Lebanon this Ramadan

Hear from Inas about how our food parcels for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have given her family vital food security this Ramadan.

Open letter to the University of Oxford: 'Our World in Data' misrepresents Israel’s vaccination rates

MAP has joined a coalition of Palestinian, Israeli and international health and human rights organisations to issue the following statement calling for accurate reporting of COVID-19 vaccination figures for all people under Israel's control.

MAP brings oxygen generators to Gaza amid COVID surge

This week Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has delivered two oxygen generators to hospitals in Gaza amid a surge of COVID-19 cases that is once again straining the capacity of hospitals to respond.

يتعرض النظام الصحي الفلسطيني الى ضغوطات كثيرة بعد تزايد عدد الاصابات بفيروس كوفيد-19 في الضفة الغربية

الارتفاع المقلق في عدد الإصابات بفيروس كوفيد -19 يضع مرة أخرى ضغوطات هائلة على الخدمات الصحية الفلسطينية في الضفة الغربية.

المساواة في الحصول على لقاحات كوفيد-19: من المسؤول في الأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة ؟

اصدرت منظمة العون الطبي للفلسطينيين (MAP) ورقة تحديد موقف تدعو إلى تمكين الحصول على القاحات في الأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة بشكل سريع, شامل وعادل.

MAP urges UK to support Palestinians’ right to health at UN Human Rights Council

MAP has written to the Minister for Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Affairs with responsibility for the UN, urging the UK to seize the vital opportunity of the current UN Human Rights Council session to uphold Palestinians’ right to health and to help protect Palestinian health workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.