#Maternal and child health

The outstanding work of MAP’s community midwives

This summer, the American University of Beirut accessed the impact and added benefit of MAP’s maternal and child health programme to the existing UNRWA services in Lebanon.

Tackling taboos: MAP-supported reproductive health services for Palestinian refugee communities in Lebanon

Read how Arwa, a Palestinian refugee living in Ein el Helweh camp in south Lebanon, has benefitted from the reproductive health programme run by MAP’s partner organisation, Naba’a.

Following the fantastic work of MAP’s community midwives in Lebanon

Wafa Dakwar, MAP's Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, describes the outstanding work of MAP's community midwives in Palestinian refugee camps across Lebanon.

International Day of the Midwife: Celebrating MAP’s community midwives in Lebanon

Last Friday, 5 May, was the International Day of the Midwife, and this year’s theme was ‘Midwives, Mothers and Families: Partners for Life.’ Midwives around the globe understand that by working in partnership with women and their families they can support them to make better health decisions and ensure a safe birth.

International Women’s Day: Celebrating the achievements of MAP’s community midwives

To mark International Women’s Day this week, we are celebrating the outstanding contribution that MAP’s midwives are making to the lives of women and children in Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps.