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“I didn’t imagine I’d walk again”

Ahlam is a 70-year-old Palestinian refugee who lives in Al-Buss refugee camp in Tyre, South Lebanon. A few months ago, she fell down the stairs and broke her hip. The doctor told her that she needed a hip replacement.

How MAP is promoting safe pregnancies for Palestinian refugees

Determined to help improve the health and wellbeing of Palestinian women, MAP supports a comprehensive Reproductive Health programme run by local partner Naba’a.

Tackling gender-based violence: 16 days of activism in Lebanon

Wafa Dakwar, Medical Aid for Palestinians' (MAP’s) Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, describes how MAP is helping to prevent and address gender-based violence in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.

“I made many friends and decided not to quit school”

Wafa Dakwar, MAP’s Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, met with 15-year-old Palestinian refugee Sara.

Promoting growth, development and protection of Lebanon’s most marginalised Palestinian refugees

Wafa Dakwar, MAP's Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, describes how MAP is helping to promote growth, development and protection amongst the most marginalised Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.

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.

Israeli High Court of Justice approves demolition of Khan al Ahmar

The Palestinian Bedouin community of Khan al Ahmar faces an imminent threat of forcible transfer following the Israeli High Court of Justice’s rejection of final appeals against the village’s demolition this week.

A helping hand to children with disabilities in Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps

Wafa Dakwar, MAP's Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, met with Rana, a Palestinian refugee and mother of three, to hear about the difference MAP's disability programme has made to the lives of her and her children.

Peer-to-peer: Helping young Palestinian refugees support their communities

Read how MAP is helping to provide Palestinian refugee youth with opportunities to strengthen their life skills, make informed choices about their health and well-being, and to support others in their community to do the same.

Empowering Palestinian youth in Lebanon: MAP’s health and life skills education programme

Mohammed recently described to MAP how he had benefitted from the MAP-supported ‘Adolescents Health and Life Skills Education’ programme, and used the experience to support his community and pursue his own career.

MAP at the World Health Assembly: Health of Palestinian refugees

Last week MAP attended the World Health Assembly. MAP’s Advocacy and Campaigns Director was part of a panel - including from Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital (remotely), The Lancet, WHO and UNRWA - discussing “Health of Palestinians : 70 years after the Nakba”.

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.

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