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“I faced two types of discrimination: as a woman and a woman with a disability”

Majdeh, a young woman from Gaza, describes the difficulties she faced growing up with a visual impairment and how MAP’s partner supported her to take a leading role in advocating for the rights of people with disabilities.

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.

MPs continue to press government on protection of Palestinian health workers

MAP has had a fantastic response to our recent email campaign calling for protection for Palestinian health workers.

تصوير حقوق لأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة في غزة

أطلقت جمعية العون الطبي للفلسطينيين( ماب) مشروع تصوير تفاعلي مع الاشخاص ذوي الإعاقة في غزة الأسبوع الماضي. يهدف المشروع بدعم الاشخاص ذوي الاعاقة لرواية قصصهم الخاصة وحياتهم اليومية عن طريق التصوير الفوتوغرافي لهدف زيادة الوعي محليًا ودوليًا بحقوق الأشخاص ذوي الاعاقة والحواجز التي تعرقل حصولهم على حقوقهم في غزة.

Photographing disability rights in Gaza

Last week, MAP embarked on an exciting photography project with Palestinians with disabilities in Gaza. The project is supporting people with disabilities to tell their own stories through photography, raising awareness locally and internationally of disability rights and the barriers to these rights in Gaza.

UN highlights MAP’s unique work treating limb injuries in Gaza

In its Humanitarian Bulletin, OCHA featured MAP’s vital support for the treatment of complex limb injuries in Gaza.

MAP’s Gaza team share expertise in treating gunshot wounds at international conference

This summer, Shahd and Mohammed, our Limb Reconstruction Project Assistants from Gaza, travelled to Liverpool to join limb reconstruction specialists at a conference hosted by the British Limb Reconstruction Society.

Survival of new-borns in Gaza: My work with MAP

Following his latest visit to Gaza, Consultant Paediatrician and MAP trustee Dr Ezzedin Gouta, explains MAP’s neonatal work and why it is so vital to protect Gaza’s new-borns.

Parents separated from children receiving medical care outside Gaza

A new report from the World Health Organization demonstrates how the restrictions Israel places on the movement of patients and families in Gaza harm patient care, including vital medical care for children.

UK to Gaza: new breast cancer diagnosis and treatment techniques

This June, a MAP-supported breast cancer mission travelled to Gaza. The visiting medics delivered training to Palestinian health workers to improve outcomes and quality of life for those affected by breast cancer.

UK Neuro Specialists travel to Gaza with MAP

Last month, a group of UK neuro specialists were again in Gaza with MAP. The visiting medics supported the local team to strengthen and improve neurosurgical services, particularly the skills needed for treating complex spinal cord and brain tumour cases.

Another Palestinian medic killed – Call on UK to finally take action

The death of yet another Palestinian health worker shows that, despite frequent warnings from MAP and our supporters, impunity leads to repeated attacks.

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