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“Haïti must rise from her ashes”: Health workers on the front lines of a spiralling crisis
- 28 March 2024
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Perilous journeys for women in Mali
In search of safety, safe births and independence
A vehicle drives through an open desert road in Mali.
© Amaury Haucgard/AFP/via Getty Images
28 March 2024
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Investing in equality: How young women are innovating to improve their health, rights and lives
- 07 March 2024
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Mali conflict carries heavy toll for pregnant women amid rising insecurity
- 06 March 2024
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A quest for safety and dignity in Rafah’s tent cities
Crucial initiatives support pregnant women and newborns
All photo and videos © UNFPA Palestine/Bisan Ouda
14 March 2024
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After 13 years of crisis, we hear from female health workers in Syria leading the charge for women and girls
- 14 March 2024
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“Gaza is at breaking point”: Health workers and patients describe an unfolding catastrophe in Rafah
- 14 March 2024
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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.
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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.
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“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.
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