Published on: 24/04/2024
Pregnancy and motherhood in Gaza are now fraught with danger as hunger and the diseases that stalk it thrive.
Al-Shifa hospital—where mothers and babies once received life-saving care—is in ruins.
The only way back from this nightmare is for a ceasefire NOW.
Let UNFPA Palestine representative Dominic Allen show you the destruction and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding.
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13 April 2024
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Resource date: Apr 2024
Publisher: UNFPA Sudan
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Published on: 12/04/2024
“It is full of the smell of death."
The scenes of destruction in Gaza are unimaginable. Maternity wards emptied of patients and destroyed as life-saving maternal health supplies burn.
Pregnant women have nowhere to go to give birth safely.
See the levels of destruction and hear about the impact on pregnant women from Dominic Allen, Representative for UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—in Palestine on his recent visit to Khan Younis.
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Resource date: Apr 2024
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA Palestine
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27 March 2024
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Resource date: Mar 2024
After nine years of conflict, the needs in Yemen remain immense. Over half of the country’s population, 18.2 million people, require some form of humanitarian assistance in 2024.
This is the result of multiple, overlapping emergencies pummelling the country: Violent conflict, economic collapse, recurrent climate-change-induced disasters, and severely disrupted public services, with recent regional conflict dynamics adding further layers of vulnerability.
Women and girls are hardest hit and their health needs remain urgent.
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Published on: 21/03/2024
Pregnant women at a camp for internally displaced people camp in south Gaza are receiving check-ups in sandy tents.
Let Dr. Mohamed Ragab describe the situation for women who have almost nothing and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding.
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Published on: 15/03/2024
Aida (14) has spent most her life in a makeshift tent since the crisis in Syria started 13 years ago.
She has found emotional support and a safe space to speak up through counselling sessions supported by UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.
Hear Aida’s story and see how our team on the ground is taking action so Syrians like her are not forgotten.
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