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Alarming mortality trend among young Palestinian refugees in Gaza

A new study by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has found an alarming mortality trend among young Palestinian refugees in Gaza.

Collapse of healthcare for Palestinians in Lebanon inevitable without urgent action

Today Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) released a new report, warning that the health “system” for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is scarcely fit for purpose.

Improving breast cancer care in Palestine: MAP’s latest medical delegation

MAP is supporting the visit of a multidisciplinary team of breast cancer specialists from the UK to the West Bank who are working to improve breast cancer care for Palestinian women.

Nakba 70: Dr Ali Dakwar, MAP's Director of Programes in Lebanon

MAP’s Director of Programmes in Lebanon, Dr Ali Dakwar, describes his life as a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, and why he works for the health and dignity of Palestinians with MAP:

In Palestine, training to be a doctor is impeded by the occupation

A new report by the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations, a network of 1.3 million medical students, has highlighted the significant barriers to medical education in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Event: Health Under Occupation with UN Special Rapporteur

MAP invites you to a discussion with Professor Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, and Julie Elliott MP on Tuesday 27 March.

"Family medicine makes me a different doctor"

Dr Tasneem Yahya, a doctor from the West Bank, describes the impact the MAP-supported family medicine programme is having on her work.

Gaza update: Teenage fisherman killed and Palestinians injured

On Sunday 25 February a Palestinian teenager, 18-year-old Ismail Saleh Abu Reyala, was killed by Israeli forces while fishing off the coast of northern Gaza.

MAP invites Prince William to see health projects and humanitarian situation in Gaza and West Bank

Following the announcement that the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, will visit the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) this summer and become the first senior royal family member to officially do so, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has written to the Prince to invite him to visit specific places so as to better understand the many challenges being faced by Palestinians and, where possible, help alleviate them.

Gaza update: Surgeries and cleaning services cancelled and medicines continue to run out

MAP's team in Gaza provide an update on the continuing deterioration of the health system, with the cancellation of surgeries and 45% of medicines now at 'zero stock'.

Urgent action needed to prevent total collapse of Gaza health system

As Gaza’s humanitarian emergency deepens, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has called for urgent action from the international community to prevent the total collapse of Gaza’s health sector.

Gaza update: hospital and seven clinics close due to fuel shortages

This week several medical services ground to a halt in Gaza, including a hospital and seven medical centres, due to severe shortages of fuel. A spokesperson from the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) said the situation in Gaza has entered an “unprecedented stage”.

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