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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 LWF World Service Annual Report 2023 LWF World Service Annual Report 2023 For Hope and a Future
Image LWF World Service Annual Report. Photo: LWF/ S. Gallay LWF World Service Annual Report 2023 published The LWF World Service Annual Report reflects LWF’s humanitarian and development work in a growing number of conflicts and emergencies worldwide.
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…
Image LWF staff explains where they can help to migrants from Venezuela. The map of the Arauca Casanare protection route was developed by LWF Colombia in Venezuela with support from the Swiss Embassy. Photo: LWF/ Lorena Acevedo Acting for humanity: gratitude for LWF humanitarian staff On World Humanitarian Day, LWF General Secretary praises staff for commitment and service (LWI) - On World Humanitarian Day, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) honors its over 7,000 field staff working in humanitarian operations…
Image AVH staff wait outside the Kerem Shalom checkpoint for patients to leave Gaza. Photo: AVH/LWF Jerusalem LWF helps evacuate sick and injured from Gaza Doctors and nurses from Augusta Victoria Hospital provide support for largest evacuation since outbreak of conflict (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has been supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Palestinian…
