#COVID-19

Equal access to COVID-19 vaccines: Who is responsible in the occupied Palestinian territory?

MAP has released a position paper calling for rapid, comprehensive and equitable access to vaccines in the occupied Palestinian territory.

MAP joins international call on Israel to ensure vaccine access for Palestinians

MAP has joined a coalition of 21 health and human rights organisations to urge Israel to fulfil its international legal duties as an occupying power by ensuring that Palestinians can access quality vaccines against coronavirus.

A New Year’s message from MAP President, Baroness Morris of Bolton

It has been an incredibly tough year for the Palestinian people.

A Christmas message from Aimee Shalan, MAP’s Chief Executive

Tragically this year has seen the humanitarian crises Palestinians are facing deepen across the region. As a result, we are responding to simultaneous emergencies in all our areas of operation: in Gaza, the West Bank and the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon.

COVID-19 emergency update: MAP calls on UK to help Gaza breathe as oxygen supplies dwindle

Our team in Gaza are warning of very urgent shortages to essential materials including oxygen supply for patients, and a growing crisis in child malnutrition.

MAP brings essential COVID-19 training to health workers battling the pandemic in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon

MAP held a multidisciplinary COVID-19 training for Palestinian health workers with the support of high-profile specialists from the UK.

Treating gunshot injuries in Gaza amid the pandemic

Mohammed Aghaalkurdi, MAP’s Limb Reconstruction Project Assistant, describes his work supporting patients with complex limb injuries in Gaza.

Experts warn of Gaza’s imminent health system collapse as COVID-19 continues to spread

Health experts in Gaza have warned that the local health care system is days away from being overwhelmed, as COVID-19 continue to rapidly spread.

MAP supports essential respirator training for Palestinian health workers battling COVID-19

Training doctors and nurses to use Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) respirators in Palestine.

Tip of the iceberg: deeper implications of COVID-19 for Palestinian communities

The rate of COVID-19 infections is the tip of the iceberg in terms of the pandemic’s humanitarian impact. Seven months since the first case in Palestine, the economic, social and health effects of the pandemic are severely affecting other aspects of life.

A lifeline to those living on the edge: MAP’s mobile clinic for threatened Hebron communities

With no local healthcare infrastructure or public transport in the village of Beren, mobile clinics such as the one supported of MAP are a literal lifeline. Duaa Burqan, one of the village’s residents, describes the challenges facing the local community.

World Mental Health Day: “COVID-19 threatens young Palestinians' futures”

Read about the impact of COVID-19 on young Palestinians’ mental health and how MAP is supporting them cope with these new challenges.

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