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Training Palestinian health workers in specialist burns care

A team from MAP caught up with two members of staff working at the new Burns Unit in Alia Hospital, Hebron, to find out about their work and the training they have received, and how it will help them provide high-quality care for years to come.

MAP breast cancer delegation visits occupied Palestinian territory

This week, a team of British medical specialists has begun a two-week visit to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) as part of the programme of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) to improve care for Palestinian patients with breast cancer.

Q&A with UN Special Rapporteur Prof Michael Lynk

Following Prof Michael Lynk’s successful public talk in London last week organised by Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR) and Amnesty International UK, MAP caught up with him to ask five key questions about his role and the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.

MAP-supported Dunya Clinic wins Women’s Development Prize

One of MAP's local partners, the Dunya Women’s Cancer Centre, has been awarded the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Prize for Women’s Contribution to Development.

Hunger striking Palestinian prisoners protest lack of access to medical care

This week 1,100 Palestinian prisoners started a hunger strike in protest against the conditions inside Israeli prisons. We spoke to the Public Committee Against Torture - Israel about access to medical care for Palestinian prisoners.

World Health Day: ‘Let’s talk'

Today is World Health Day, and this year’s theme is ‘Let’s Talk’, with a focus on the topic of depression – the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide.

The Lancet-Palestinian Health Alliance: A forum for change

MAP’s Director of Advocacy and Campaigns, Neil Sammonds, reports from the 8th Annual LPHA Conference in Ramallah

Parliamentarians call for halt to planned Khan al Ahmar demolitions

This week 16 parliamentarians wrote to the UK Foreign Secretary urging immediate action to ensure that the Government of Israel immediately halt the threatened demolitions in the Bedouin community of Khan al Ahmar.

The Dunya Women’s Cancer Centre: Supporting women with breast cancer

This week the MAP-supported Dunya Women Cancer Centre in Ramallah, West Bank, is participating in a women’s beauty ...

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