News
Tackling the hidden mental health crisis in Yemen
- 08 January 2024
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Resources
UNFPA Response in Yemen Situation Report #4 – October-December 2023
Resource date: Jan 2024
Author: UNFPA Yemen
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Women and girls’ rights are an unseen casualty of the crisis in Syria
- 10 May 2022
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Midwives in Gaza receive much-needed supplies to ensure safe births
Published on: 09/01/2024
From the newly created UNRWA field hospital in Gaza, UNFPA Palestine Representative Dominic Allen tells us the catastrophic situation on the ground.
With hospitals being far over capacity, midwives and doctors are beyond exhausted.
UNFPA is committed to providing them with much-needed support and supplies.
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Resources
UNFPA 2024 Ukraine Regional Appeal
Resource date: Feb 2024
Author: UNFPA EECARO
The war in Ukraine continues with no resolution in sight, taking a toll on the lives of millions of people, including women, girls, older persons and other vulnerable groups who have been uprooted from their homes. Over 14.6 million people – about 40 per cent of the estimated total Ukrainian population – will need humanitarian assistance in 2024.
In this appeal for 2024, UNFPA seeks $105 million to respond to the needs of affected populations in Ukraine and those who have fled to refugee-hosting countries.
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Pregnant women in Gaza urgently need life-saving care
Published on: 22/12/2023
“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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Updates
Australia’s new support to women and girls in Gaza
15 Nov 2023
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Heroes amid crises – 8 stories of resilience and hope from 2023
- 21 December 2023
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“Pregnant women have suffered… The hospital is not safe.”
Published on: 10/11/2023
“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
Published on: 20/11/2023
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.
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