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Image 3 February 2020, Jerusalem: The Augusta Victoria Hospital on the Mount of Olives. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Advisory Board of the Augusta Victoria Hospital Applauds strong COVID-19 response Treatment for cancer patients uninterrupted despite pandemic (LWI) - The Advisory Board of the Augusta Victoria Hospital (…
Image The Augusta Victoria Hospital. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Walid Nammour steps down as CEO of Augusta Victoria Hospital LWF grateful for service and commitment (LWI) - Walid Nammour has stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer of the LWF Augusta Victoria Hospital in…
Image Dr Fadi Atrash, Acting CEO of Jerusalemâs Augusta Victoria Hospital. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson A pioneer in cancer treatments for Palestinians Augusta Victoria Hospital’s Fadi Atrash shares his journey and vision of comprehensive healthcare for all (LWI) - As a young boy living up in the West Bank, Fadi Atrash decided at an early age that he wanted to be a doctor when he grew up…
Image Augusta Victoria Hospital, providing life-saving cancer treatment for five million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert AVH: financial crisis must be urgently resolved LWF appeals to EU and other partners to support Augusta Victoria Hospital’s life-saving cancer care for Palestinians (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt has appealed to the President of the…
Image Augusta Victoria Hospital, a specialized cancer care center on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux AVH: Delayed payments put Palestinian lives at risk Augusta Victoria Hospital forced to turn Palestinian patients away as funding crisis causes severe lack of medicines (LWI) - Staff at the Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in East Jerusalem, are having to make daily decisions…
Image Personnel at the Ahli Arab Hospital off-loading the LWF medical supplies from a delivery truck. Photo: LWF Jordan First shipment of LWF medication arrives in Gaza Cancer medicine and hospital supplies for the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City (LWI) - After several months of preparation and coordination, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has delivered the first much awaited shipment of medication…
