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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.

Palestinian Circus School: “My favourite bit is acrobatics and jumping on the trampoline”

Meet Reda and his family to hear how MAP's new partner, the Palestinian Circus School, is promoting the rights of Palestinians with disabilities.

UK doctor reports on family medicine mission to the West Bank

Last week, a group of UK-based GPs travelled to the West Bank as part of our ongoing ‘family medicine’ programme in the occupied Palestinian territory.

“This house was my life, but I saw it smashed into rubble because I am Palestinian”

Ghaleb Abu Hadwan, 63, and his family are staying with extended family back in Shufat refugee camp after Israeli forces last week destroyed the new home they had constructed in Wadi al-Hummus, after saving up for it for years.

MPs visit communities at the sharp end of occupation with MAP and Caabu

Last month, a group of MPs visited the occupied Palestinian territory with MAP and our partner Caabu to again witness how perpetual occupation is impacting access to healthcare and wider rights of Palestinian communities.

How MAP is helping to bring family medicine to Palestine

MAP is helping to adapt the family medicine model of healthcare for the Palestinian health system.

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.

Dr Philippa Whitford MP returns to Palestine to review breast cancer care capacity

This spring, MAP supported breast cancer surgeon and Member of Parliament, Dr Philippa Whitford, to travel to Palestine as part of our continuing programme of work to improve Palestinain breast cancer care.

New MAP video: Help keep me on the road! MAP’s mobile health clinic

In January MAP's new mobile health clinic hit the road to provide a vital lifeline for Bedouin communities in the occupied West Bank. In our new video you can follow the clinic's work and hear from members of the communities it serves.

MAP launches brand new mobile clinic in the West Bank

This month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) was delighted to launch the brand-new mobile clinic in the West Bank.

A Christmas message from MAP CEO Aimee Shalan

MAP's CEO, Aimee Shalan, thanks our supporters for their generosity and kind support in 2018, facilitating our essential and lifesaving work.

Ambulances and hospital under attack amid dangerous escalation in the West Bank

MAP is gravely concerned by the dangerous escalation in the West Bank, including attacks against Palestinian ambulances and a hospital.

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