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Hospital in Gaza reopens after relentless attacks
12 July 2024
Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis was a scene of death and destruction two months ago.
Now, thanks to the strength of the people of Gaza, it's functioning again and helping women give birth safely amid the devastation of war.
Hear from Dominic Allen, Representative for UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—in Palestine and Judith Starkulla, Head of UNFPA Gaza Office, on their recent visit.
See the latest on our humanitarian response.
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Jul 2024
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Patients, including four babies in intensive care, are leaving the European Gaza Hospital following evacuation orders for KhanYounis.
Let UNFPA Representative for the State of Palestine, Dominic Allen describe how UNFPA and UN agencies are helping doctors.
Speech
11 June 2024
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May 2024
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News
28 May 2024
Rafah is under attack and the already desperate condition for thousands of pregnant women is getting worse every day.
See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action to make motherhood safer at the International Medical Corps (IMC) field hospital in Gaza as the military assault on Rafah leads to more trauma and death. Learn more.
“Most babies will die.”
There aren’t enough ventilators at Al-Emirati Hospital in Rafah, Gaza to support the babies being born there.
Let Dr. Ahmed Al-Shaer, Deputy Head of the Incubator Care Unit at the hospital, describe the desperate situation and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding to mothers and babies in need.
Statement
05 May 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.