With mobile clinics for detecting breast cancer and managing diabetes, the Augusta Victoria Hospital brings quality health care closer to people in the West Bank. Its advantage: trust and close relationships with the patients; its biggest…

Security checks delay treatment and hinder parental accompaniment 

(LWI) - Insufficient health care, limited access to specialized treatment, security checks delaying treatment or hindering the accompaniment of a parent: Palestinian…

LWF representative: Medical permit to leave Gaza “nearly impossible”

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is again raising the alarm on the difficult health care situation for Palestinians living in the Gaza strip. LWF has signed…

“Support for critical and life-saving work”

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) welcomes plans for the restoration of U.S. funding to the Palestinians, which will include much needed support for the East Jerusalem Hospital Network…

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…

Oncology and other specialized treatments for people in the West Bank

(LWI) - Quality healthcare for Palestinians in the West Bank: The Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) has opened a clinic in Ramallah, to better facilitate the treatment of…