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Not just a painful memory: Continuing to treat the Great March of Return’s gunshot wounds

Read about how MAP is still helping those injured at the "Great March of Return" protests in Gaza recover from gunshot wounds three years on.

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.

Remembering the Great March of Return, Three Years On

MAP joins with other members of the Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA) in marking the three year anniversary of the beginning of the "Great March of Return" protests in Gaza.

Burns Care Services in Gaza, a forgotten national public health priority

Dr Hussein Shanti explains the specialist plastic and burns surgery training he is receiving in Egypt with the support of MAP, and how he hopes his new skills will improve treatment for prevalent burns injuries in Gaza.

Leading by example: Advancing disability rights in Gaza

On International Day of People with Disabilities, Haitham Al Saqqa, MAP’s Community Programme Assistant in Gaza, explains how we are advancing disability rights in Gaza.

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.

New MAP animation: Breast cancer care in Gaza

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has launched a new animation highlighting the many challenges faced by women in Gaza affected by breast cancer.

MAP responding to COVID-19 outbreak in Gaza amid fears of health system collapse

Cases of COVID-19 continue to spread in Gaza. MAP is deeply concerned by the outbreak and fears that the health sector will be overwhelmed.

MAP briefs the UN on barriers to disability rights in the occupied Palestinian territory

Read about MAP's latest briefing on barriers to disability rights in the occupied Palestinian territory.

MAP declares healthcare emergency across Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon

Gaza’s first community COVID-19 cases are only the latest crisis in a pan-regional humanitarian emergency affecting Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory and Lebanon

Burns prevention awareness-raising in Palestine

Hear from Hana’a and Ali, who oversee MAP’s burns prevention project, to hear how their work is helping to reduce the prevalence of burns injuries in Palestine and improve the care that those with burns injuries receive.

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