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Remembering MAP’s former trustee and lifetime achievement awardee Runa Mackay

All of us at MAP are deeply saddened to learn of the death of close friend and colleague Dr Runa Mackay.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: MAP & Dr Philippa Whitford celebrate two years of Scottish-Palestinian breast cancer care partnership

On the occasion of Breast Cancer Awareness month 2019, Dr Philippa Whitford MP and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) are celebrating two years Scottish-Palestinian breast cancer care partnership.

MAP at SNP annual conference: “Accountability is the key” to ending humanitarian needs

This week MAP's Advocacy and Campaigns Team were at the Scottish National Party annual conference in Aberdeen. Read about their contribution to a well-attended fringe meeting on the subject of 'Standing up for Palestinian Rights'

Palestinian medics travel to UK for breast cancer training

In April, MAP was delighted to support two Palestinian health workers from the West Bank to undertake one-month training observerships in leading breast cancer units in the UK.

Watch: UK breast cancer specialists help Palestinian surgeons develop new techniques

This week, a multidisciplinary team of UK breast cancer specialists travelled to the West Bank with MAP to help develop breast cancer care.

MAP at the Scottish National Party Conference 2018

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

West Bank to Scotland: caring for cancer patients

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) caught up with four Palestinian nurses from Bethlehem University who spent two weeks in Scotland learning about advances in caring for cancer patients.