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MAP gravely concerned by dangerous escalation in Gaza

MAP is gravely concerned by the dangerous escalation in Gaza and is monitoring the situation closely.

MAP at the Scottish National Party Conference 2018

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

New MAP fact sheet: Addressing Gaza's humanitarian emergency

MAP has released a new fact sheet, which discusses the humanitarian emergency in Gaza and recommends how the UK Government can address the unprecedented crisis.

An unprecedented crisis for Palestinians: How will the UK respond?

Writing in the New Statesman last week, MAP CEO Aimee Shalan called on the UK Government to address an unprecedented crisis for Palestinians

At Labour Party conference, MAP urges action on Israeli policies endangering Palestinian cancer sufferers

Last week, MAP was at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool speaking to Parliamentarians, delegates and the public about the humanitarian emergency in Gaza, and barriers to the right to health of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees.

Watch: MAP supported surgeons treat Gaza's wounded

In September, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) supported another limb reconstruction mission to Gaza in partnership with IDEALS. Over five days, the team of UK medics supported local health workers in the treatment of protesters injured by Israeli forces.

Developing physiotherapy care for Gaza’s youngest generation

This summer Sioned Davies, Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist at the Countess of Chester Hospital, and Colin Hamilton, Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist at Cambridge University Hospitals, joined MAP in Gaza to provide training to 32 local physios working with children and new born babies.

UN: “Gaza health sector is collapsing” amid international inaction

The UN has outlined a significant funding shortfall as it seeks to address immediate humanitarian needs in Gaza and across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).

UN: Gaza hospital emergency fuel to run out within days

On Wednesday 5 September the UN warned that emergency fuel stocks at critical health facilities in Gaza will run out within days, unless urgent funding is secured from international donors.

New MAP film: Gaza health workers risking life and limb

In MAP’s latest film, health workers in Gaza describe being injured by direct hits from tear gas canisters whilst carrying out their crucial, life-saving work at the "Great March of Return" demonstrations.

Five months under fire: Gaza health workers speak out

Every day for the next week, MAP will release the testimonies of health workers in Gaza who have been injured by the Israeli military whilst carrying out their crucial work.

Further US aid cuts threaten to deepen Gaza humanitarian emergency

The US State Department announced on Friday 24 August that it is cutting an additional $200m of funding for charities providing medical assistance, food aid, employment assistance and other humanitarian services in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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