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Pregnant women in Gaza urgently need life-saving care

calendar_today22 December 2023

Pregnant women in Gaza urgently need life-saving care

Pregnant women in Gaza urgently need life-saving care

“Pregnancy in these circumstances is an extraordinary suffering,” says Seba (28), who is 9 months pregnant and has two children.

People in Gaza don’t have water, food, enough blankets, hygiene facilities, and the medical assistance they need.

Let Seba share her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency— is providing life-saving support to pregnant women in shelters in the southern Gaza Strip. Learn more.

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“Pregnant women have suffered… The hospital is not safe.”

calendar_today10 November 2023

“Pregnant women have suffered… The hospital is not safe.”

“Pregnant women have suffered… The hospital is not safe.”

“Pregnant women have suffered… The hospital is not safe.”

Health care workers like Dr. Haya Hijazi are heroes, but they can’t save lives when bombs are falling and they are out of electricity and medicine.

Hear from Dr. Hijazi about the horrific situation for pregnant women in Gaza, where 180 births a day are taking place amid relentless bombardment, and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding.

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Pregnant woman in Gaza suffers miscarriage

calendar_today20 November 2023

Pregnant woman in Gaza suffers miscarriage

Pregnant woman in Gaza suffers miscarriage

Alaa is one of the many pregnant women in Gaza who have been losing their babies from stress and malnutrition.

Hear her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is taking action to make motherhood safer.

Learn more here.

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Hospitals in the south of Gaza are struggling to assist pregnant women and newborns

calendar_today15 December 2023

Hospitals in the south of Gaza are struggling to assist pregnant women and newborns

Hospitals in the south of Gaza are struggling to assist pregnant women and newborns

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Video

Afghanistan earthquake survivors urgently need reproductive health care

calendar_today15 December 2023

Afghanistan earthquake survivors urgently need reproductive health care

Afghanistan earthquake survivors urgently need reproductive health care

Two months after the devastating earthquakes hit Herat, women and girls are still in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

Let UNFPA Asia & the Pacific Regional Director Pio Smith show you how we are providing life-saving support to the thousands of people affected in Afghanistan.

Learn more.

News

$1.2 billion needed in urgent UNFPA appeal for women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights in 2024

calendar_today12 December 2023

Maryam waits to see a counsellor at a UNFPA mobile health clinic in Zendajan district in Afghanistan after the 7 October earthquake. The teams were on the ground providing life-saving maternal and reproductive health services and psychosocial support immediately after the disaster. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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HAO front cover. Woman in white hijab holds baby and smiles

Publication date

Dec 2023

Author

UNFPA

Publication

Humanitarian Action Overview Report 2024

In 2024 UNFPA is appealing for $1.2 billion to provide reproductive health services and run gender-based violence programmes for 48 million women, girls, and young people in 58 countries in humanitarian crises.

Media advisory

Launch of the UNFPA Humanitarian Action 2024 Overview

calendar_today07 December 2023

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News

“I will stand tall for my children”: Dozens of pregnant refugees give birth amid turmoil after fleeing to Armenia

calendar_today13 November 2023

Marta Asryan, 28, gave birth to her fifth child in Vardenis, Armenia, after being forced to flee her home in Karabakh. © UNFPA Armenia / Aspram Manukyan
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News

Health, hygiene and protection needs spike after earthquake in Nepal

calendar_today21 November 2023

A UNFPA team visits people affected by the earthquake that hit the districts of Jajarkot and Rukum West in Nepal’s western Karnali province on 3 November 2023. © ​​​​​UNFPA Nepal
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