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Call for abstracts: Gaza’s third cancer conference

We are excited to announce our call for abstracts for Gaza’s third cancer conference. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your research and contribute to the advancement of cancer research and education in Gaza.

MAP hosts Gaza’s second cancer conference on improving care for patients

MAP brought together 38 cancer specialists from the UK, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza to discuss the challenges and way forward to improve the quality of cancer care for Palestinians.

How MAP’s partner the Dunya Centre is safely providing essential cancer services amid the pandemic

Read how our partner, the Dunya Women's Cancer Centre, is working hard to ensure women can access its essential diagnostic and support services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gaza conference: “Together beating cancer and crossing barriers”

Last month MAP organised a first-of-its-kind conference in Gaza, titled “Cancer Professionals’ Scientific Days".

First Palestinian International Nursing Conference in Oncology and Palliative Care

This month was the first Palestinian International Nursing Conference in Oncology and Palliative Care hosted by Bethlehem University.

"Life in Gaza is not easy. In some ways it is impossible."

Wafa Kanan, MAP’s Project Officer in Gaza, describes MAP’s emergency response. She agrees with the description of the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development in Palestine, Jamie McGoldrick, that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is “a crisis on top of a catastrophe”.

MAP at the Scottish National Party Conference 2018

This October, MAP was at the annual conference of the Scottish National Party.

Gaza cancer patients’ lives endangered as chemotherapy stocks dwindle

Medicine shortages and growing barriers to movement out of Gaza are increasingly putting the lives of cancer patients at risk. This week Al Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City, which provides oncology services, reported that 75% of their chemotherapy drug items had reached ‘zero stock’ levels.

“Collective punishment” of Gaza cancer patients denounced by human rights organisations

“The solution to the crisis in Gaza cannot be found in further collective punishment and abuse of the civilian population, but rather in opening the crossings and enabling Gaza’s recovery.”

Lebanon: Cervical cancer is largely curable – if identified early

With MAP’s support, local NGO Naba’a recently completed their annual Cervical Cancer Campaign in Ein el Helweh and Rashidyeh camps in Lebanon.

First cohort of Palestinian oncology and palliative care nurses graduate in Bethlehem

Last month, MAP was delighted to celebrate the graduation of the first intake of participants in the Bethlehem University Oncology and Palliative Care Nursing Higher Diploma – the first course of its kind in the oPt.