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.

22 February 2024

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Impossible choices in Gaza: “Women are giving birth prematurely because of terror”

The Al-Helal Al-Emirati maternity hospital in Rafah is one of the last remaining functioning health facilities in southern Gaza. Midwives are delivering more than 70 babies per day in dire conditions and while drastically under-supplied. © UNFPA Palestine/Bisan Ouda
  • 23 February 2024
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From recovery to resilience: Zeynab's story after the earthquakes in Northwest Syria

Thanks to a UNFPA safe space, Zeynab has learned a range of new livelihood skills and is getting back on her feet financially and psychologically following the traumatic earthquakes of February 2023. © Muhannad Barbori/Ihsan Organization.
  • 21 February 2024
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Life-saving support reaches women at Nasser Hospital in Gaza

Published on: 20/12/2023

“These kits contain many essential items which are in severe shortage,” says Dr. Khawla, Head of Nursing at Nasser Hospital in Gaza.

Every day in the occupied Palestinian territory, aid workers like Dr. Khawla are risking their lives to deliver emergency assistance to women and girls.

See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action to make motherhood safer amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

15 February 2024
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UNFPA urges leaders to address gendered, discriminatory impacts of climate change at COP28

The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) will run from 30 November to 12 December in Dubai. © United Nations
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After surviving sexual violence, youth leader creates change for girls with disabilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ngoma*, who has a hearing disability, was attacked at aged 15 by a group of boys in her hometown of Matadi in the the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA DRC/Jeremie Kibuya
  • 13 February 2024
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