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Midwives go door-to-door amid flooding in Peru, reaching thousands with critical health services

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Miryam Coello is visited by one of UNFPA’s midwives at her home in the Veintiséis de Octubre district in Piura. © UNFPA Peru
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“Hope arrived in the form of Rahna”: The life-saving work of midwives after the Afghanistan earthquake

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Midwife Rahna visits with new mother, 20-year-old Hanifa, whose home was destroyed in the 7 October earthquake that struck Herat province. © UNFPA Afghanistan / Ahmad Jamshid Qazizadah
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Women and girls’ rights are an unseen casualty of the crisis in Syria

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“It was the worst experience of our lives, even after 10 years of crisis in Syria,” explained Khadija, a 28-year-old Syrian woman from Deir ez-Zor, who recently survived a harrowing journey as she gave birth to her sixth child while fleeing violence in her hometown. © UNFPA Syria
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Midwives in Gaza receive much-needed supplies to ensure safe births

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Midwives in Gaza receive much-needed supplies to ensure safe births

Midwives in Gaza receive much-needed supplies to ensure safe births

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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Pregnant women in Gaza urgently need life-saving care

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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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Heroes amid crises – 8 stories of resilience and hope from 2023

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Midwife Rahna visits with new mother, 20-year-old Hanifa, whose home was destroyed in the 7 October earthquake that struck Herat province  in Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan / Ahmad Jamshid Qazizadah
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Hospitals in the south of Gaza are struggling to assist pregnant women and newborns

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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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Smoothing rough roads to reproductive health services in the Philippines

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Staff from women-friendly spaces in Guindulungan gather to report on their assistance to rural health units in their local communities. © UNFPA Philippines
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Pregnant woman stuck under rubble in Gaza shares heartbreaking story

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Pregnant woman stuck under rubble in Gaza shares heartbreaking story

Pregnant woman stuck under rubble in Gaza shares heartbreaking story

“They bombed the house next to us. I was under the rubble and couldn’t move,” says Islam, who was pregnant and 10 days from her due date when her home in Gaza was destroyed by relentless bombardment.

Listen to her tell her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is responding to this humanitarian crisis. 

Learn more.