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UK specialist supports breast cancer care ahead of new clinic opening in the West Bank

From 28 November to 2 December, a UK breast cancer specialist travelled to the West Bank with MAP to support the development of Palestinian breast cancer care.

Addressing increasing gender-based violence in Gaza

Read how the Culture and Free Thought Association, MAP’s local partner, is filling the critical gaps of protection, health and psychosocial services for women suffering from GBV in Gaza.

“We eat anything we can afford so we don’t stay hungry”

Wafa Dakwar, MAP’s Programme Manager in Lebanon, spoke to Sanaa about the challenges she faces in accessing food and healthcare, and the support she’s received from MAP.

“The breast cancer campaign’s activities are essential during these times”

MAP’s Programme Manager in Lebanon spoke to women to hear about the challenges to accessing breast cancer diagnosis and care in Lebanon, and how MAP and Naba’a are helping overcome these.

"العيادة المتنقلة هي كل ما لدى تجمع سكاننا من خدمات الرعاية الصحية"

“The mobile clinic is the only healthcare service in our community”

Saeda spoke to MAP about life in her community of Trefaat in the West Bank during a recent visit from the MAP-supported mobile clinic.

Advancing the rights of Palestinian children with disabilities in Lebanon

Wafa Dakwar, MAP’s Senior Programme Officer in Lebanon, recently visited Al-Buss refugee camp to meet a family of Palestinian refugees being supported by the MAP-funded Sour Community Disability Project (SCDP).

Supporting Palestinian mothers amid Lebanon’s economic crisis

MAP’s midwives are supporting Palestinian mothers with breastfeeding advice, and other health and parental support amid the economic crisis in Lebanon.

“Breast cancer will not wait or end because of coronavirus”

In Lebanon, Nurse Kafa, who works with our local partner organisation Naba’a, has been helping to coordinate Breast Cancer Awareness Month activities in the Palestinian refugee camps of Ein el Helweh and Rashidyeh.

New MAP animation: Breast cancer care in Gaza

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has launched a new animation highlighting the many challenges faced by women in Gaza affected by breast cancer.

How MAP’s partner the Dunya Centre is safely providing essential cancer services amid the pandemic

Read how our partner, the Dunya Women's Cancer Centre, is working hard to ensure women can access its essential diagnostic and support services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Celebrating International Women’s Day: the women behind MAP’s vital programmes

To mark International Women’s Day, MAP is celebrating the outstanding women enabling our work in support of Palestinians’ rights to health and dignity.

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