#COVID19

MAP launches poster campaign to honour healthcare heroes in Palestine

On World Humanitarian Day, MAP has begun a poster campaign to honour the Palestinian healthcare heroes who are going to extraordinary lengths to help people across the occupied Palestinian territory amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

جمعية العون الطبي للفلسطينيين تطلق حملة ملصقات تقديراً لأبطال الرعاية الصحية في فلسطين

Movement restrictions and isolation for East Jerusalem health workers amid the pandemic

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic across the occupied Palestinian territory, lockdown restrictions and Israel’s permit system have caused Palestinian health workers to feel isolated and anxious. We hear from two healthcare workers from Hebron whose mental health and wellbeing have been affected by restrictions on freedom of movement

Responding to the pandemic at its peak: Insights from a lab technician in Hebron

We hear from a laboratory technician who works in a hospital in Hebron, in the southern West Bank, about the impact responding to the pandemic has had on his wellbeing and that of his family.

COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak threatens to deepen wellbeing crisis among exhausted Palestinian health workers

The arrival of the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 in the occupied Palestinian territory threatens to worsen the crisis in the fragmented and unprepared Palestinian health system, and deepen a burgeoning mental health and wellbeing crisis among a depleted Palestinian healthcare workforce.

“I was helpless”: Health workers speak of unpreparedness and uncertainty during Gaza’s COVID-19 response

Half a century of military occupation and 14 years of illegal closure and blockade had pushed Gaza’s health system close to collapse long before the arrival of COVID-19. Israel’s 11-day military offensive in May has compounded these challenges. We hear from healthcare workers who have been on the frontline responding to the pandemic, while also working to maintain other essential health services.

طفرة فيروس كورونا "دلتا" تنذر بمفاقمة التهديدات لسلامة عمّال الصحة الفلسطينيين

ينذر وصول طفرة فيروس كورونا "دلتا" إلى الأرض الفلسطينية المحتلة بمفاقمة الأزمة التي يعاني منها النظام الصحي الفلسطيني جرّاء هشاشة وتقسيم وعدم الجاهزية التي يمر بها، كما ينذر وصول الطفرة شديدة العدوى بزيادة مخاطر السلامة والصحة النفسية بين عمّال الصحة الفلسطينيين الذين يعانون منذ بداية الجائحة من الإجهاد والقلق.

"كنت عاجزة": عمّال الصحة الفلسطينيون يصفون تجارب عملهم وعدم الجاهزية خلال استجابتهم لجائحة كورونا في قطاع غزة

قال ممرض ذو رتبة متقدمة في مستشفى الرنتيسي بغزة: "كنا أمام كارثة وشيكة: نظامنا الصحي مقسّم وهشّ. أوضحت الجائحة آثار 14 عاماً من حرمان القطاع الطبي من التنمية واضطررنا لتعلم كيفية احتواء فيروس معدِ في مدينة محاصرة في ظل ما كان لدينا من موارد وامكانيات محدودة."

MAP calls for equal access to COVID-19 vaccines in the occupied Palestinian territory at the UN Human Rights Council

At the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) calls for equal access to COVID-19 vaccines in the occupied Palestinian territory.