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Supporting breast cancer care for Palestinian women

For women living in the West Bank and Gaza, the stress and uncertainty of a breast cancer diagnosis is compounded by living under Israel’s 50-year military occupation.

Beating breast cancer in the West Bank: “My task now is to educate and help others to accept and treat the disease”

MAP spoke to Rania, one of many women who has benefitted from the services of the Dunya Centre, the West Bank's only clinic specialising in gynaecology and breast cancer.

Hairdressing and hope: realising the rights of people with disabilities in Gaza

We spoke with Rita, a participant in MAP’s “Inclusive and Accessible Society” project in Gaza, to find out how the project helped her to set up her own business.

Parliamentarians witness barriers to health caused by prolonged occupation

This month MAP’s CEO, Aimee Shalan, was in the West Bank with Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East’s (LFPME) delegation of Emily Thornberry MP, Fabian Hamilton MP and Andrew Slaughter MP, witnessing the barriers to health and dignity caused by life under prolonged occupation.

Shadow Foreign Secretary visits MAP-supported cancer clinic in the West Bank

This week Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) was pleased to welcome our local MP (Islington South) and the Shadow Foreign Secretary, Emily Thornberry, to the MAP-supported Dunya Women’s Cancer Centre in Ramallah.

MAP’s breast cancer care in Gaza: Alia’s story

Alia, a breast cancer patient in Gaza, spoke to MAP’s team to tell us about her disease, the difficulties of accessing care in Gaza, and her recovery journey.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the West Bank

In the West Bank, MAP’s partner, the Dunya Women’s Cancer Centre, have been holding a variety of events as part of their Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign.

Promoting breast cancer awareness in Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps

Read about how our partner, Naba'a, are helping promote early diagnosis of breast cancer in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon this Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Join our Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2017 Campaign

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, MAP is encouraging supporters to write to their MP and urge the UK Government to to help end barriers to care for patients living under occupation and blockade.

Improving breast cancer care behind Gaza’s closure

Medical Aid for Palestinians’ (MAP) Advocacy and Campaigns Manager, Rohan Talbot, reports on this week’s breast cancer mission to Gaza.

Six Gaza cancer patients die after being denied access to treatment

MAP is deeply concerned that five female cancer patients died in August after being prevented from attending hospital appointments outside of Gaza.

MAP breast cancer delegation visits occupied Palestinian territory

This week, a team of British medical specialists has begun a two-week visit to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) as part of the programme of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) to improve care for Palestinian patients with breast cancer.

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