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A fantastic achievement for MAP’s family medicine programme in Palestine

MAP is delighted by the outstanding progress made by Palestinian health workers training to become family medicine doctors.

Following six UK breast cancer specialists in the West Bank

Last week, MAP supported a multidisciplinary team of UK breast cancer specialists to travel to the West Bank to help develop Palestinian breast cancer care.

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.

Developing Palestinian breast cancer care this Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Next week, a group of UK specialists is travelling to the West Bank to support the development of breast cancer care. We spoke to Jane Macaskill, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon, to find out what her and her team will be up to.

Delivering lifesaving skills to Palestine’s medics

This summer, MAP celebrated the high number of Palestinian doctors, nurses and paramedics trained to save the lives of patients with major trauma injuries.

MPs visit the occupied West Bank with MAP and Caabu amid growing crisis

Read about the latest MAP-Caabu delegation to the West Bank with Labour MPs Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green) and Richard Burden (Birmingham Northfield) and Scottish National Party MP Brendan O’Hara (Argyll and Bute).

Joint statement: The UK must show leadership on UNRWA and the rights of Palestinian refugees

Joint statement on behalf of 15 UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations, calling on the UK to show leadership on UNRWA and the rights of Palestinian refugees.

MAP’s family medicine Transitional Training Program takes off in the West Bank

Read how MAP is working to develop family medicine in the West Bank through the launch of a ‘transitional training programme’ to increase the knowledge and skills of an estimated 800 GPs and 2,000 nurses.

First cohort of Palestinian oncology and palliative care nurses graduate in Bethlehem

Last month, MAP was delighted to celebrate the graduation of the first intake of participants in the Bethlehem University Oncology and Palliative Care Nursing Higher Diploma – the first course of its kind in the oPt.

New WHO reports underline healthcare challenges for Palestinian patients

A new report from the World Health Organization highlights how Israel’s barriers to freedom continue to prevent some Palestinian patients from accessing urgently needed medical care, including vital cancer treatment.

UK MPs witness West Bank life on MAP-Caabu delegation

Last month, MAP and Caabu once again took a cross-party group of MPs on a visit to the West Bank, to witness how Israel’s 51-year occupation impacts the lives and wellbeing of the Palestinians who live there.

British MPs visit Khan al Ahmar, a community at risk of forcible transfer

Last week, a cross-party group of UK Members of Parliament visited Khan al Ahmar, a Bedouin community in the West Bank threatened with imminent demolition and forcible transfer by the Government of Israel.

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