14 March 2024

News

After 13 years of crisis, we hear from female health workers in Syria leading the charge for women and girls

Three female obstetricians perform a surgery in the operating room at the Idleb Maternity Hospital. Thirteen years of conflict and severe underfunding mean that more than one in three health facilities in Syria cannot operate at full capacity. © UNFPA/Dina Ali
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“Gaza is at breaking point”: Health workers and patients describe an unfolding catastrophe in Rafah

Dr. Mohamed Ragab attends to Haneen, who is eight months pregnant. The obstetrician and gynaecologist has set up his practice in a displacement camp in Rafah, in southern Gaza, where he receives up to 70 women every day. © UNFPA Palestine/Bisan Ouda
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Women and girls in Gaza use torn pieces of cloth in place of sanitary pads

Published on: 14/03/2024

Lack of access to menstrual hygiene products in Gaza is forcing many women and girls, like Bakiza (47) and her daughter, to take desperate measures.

See the impact of the support being delivered by UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. 

Pregnant women in Gaza forced to give birth on hospital floors

Published on: 22/03/2024

Women in Gaza have to give birth on the floor at the overcrowded Al-Emirati Hospital in Rafah as doctors run out of basic medical supplies.

Let UNFPA Palestine Representative Dominic Allen describe the heroic efforts of desperate medical staff helping women give birth safely and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting them. 

“Absolute catastrophe” at only functioning maternity hospital in Gaza city

Published on: 11/03/2024

Hospitals in the north of Gaza are barely functioning, with medical supplies and fuel running out.

Women are forced to undergo C- sections with only partial anaesthesia.

UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—just delivered critical medical supplies to Al Sahaba Hospital, the only functioning maternity hospital in Gaza City.

Hear from UNFPA Representative Dominic Allen about the desperate need he witnessed during a high-risk mission and stay up to date on our ongoing humanitarian response here.

Updates

Five ways UNFPA’s partnership with Australia is making a difference in the lives of women and girls

08 Mar 2024

With support from Australia, UNFPA has delivered supplies in response to the earthquake in Nepal and works with the Government to build resilience to crises. © UNFPA Nepal/Bikash Karki
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Resources

UNFPA Sudan Emergency Situation Report #11 - 06 March 2024

Resource date: Mar 2024

Publisher: UNFPA Sudan

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Resources

UNFPA Palestine Situation Report #6 - 1 March, 2024

Resource date: Mar 2024

Publisher: UNFPA Palestine

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Newborns struggle to survive at maternity hospital in Rafah (Gaza)

Published on: 21/02/2024

Incubators at Al-Helal Al-Emirati Hospital in Gaza are full of babies with dead or missing parents. Hear from two doctors at the hospital about this tragic situation and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action.

Learn more about the crisis in Gaza here.

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