Statement
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, "We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire"
05 November 2023
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Women and newborns bearing the brunt of the conflict in Gaza, UN agencies warn
03 November 2023
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Relentless attacks, collapse of health and safety systems leave Gaza's women and girls facing “unthinkable challenges”
- 27 October 2023
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Statement
Executive Director statement on the situation in Gaza
28 October 2023
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Pregnant women in Gaza speak out
Published on: 19/10/2023
Hear from three pregnant women trapped in #Gaza about the dire conditions they are facing.
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is supporting reproductive health and counselling services and stands ready to deliver vital aid once access to Gaza is restored.
Learn more here.
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Doctor at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza pleads for help
Published on: 29/10/2023
“We had to perform a premature delivery from a mother’s womb while she was dying.”
Dr. Nasser Bulbul, Head of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, spoke candidly to us about the extreme suffering of pregnant women and orphaned infants living in a state of fear and terror as the bombardment intensifies.
See how UNFPA—the UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding and join our call for a humanitarian ceasefire.
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Sheltering from bombs at a hospital in Gaza
Published on: 28/10/2023
Thousands of people are taking shelter in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza while staff try to help pregnant women and premature babies.
Let filmmaker Bisan Ouda show you inside the hospital and hear from health workers in dire need of life-saving medicines and supplies.
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Humanitarian Needs in Gaza
Published on: 27/10/2023
UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem's message on the crisis in Gaza. UNFPA joins the call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, so that aid can reach those who have been affected by the complete siege of Gaza this October. Among the 2.2 million affected population in Gaza, 1 in 4 are women and girls of reproductive age, around 572,000, and they need urgent access to reproductive health supplies and services.
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“Every time there is a bombing, I am terrified”
Pregnant women seek safety in besieged Gaza
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23 October 2023
A mother under siege in Gaza speaks
Published on: 23/10/2023
Children, pregnant women and the elderly remain the most vulnerable in #Gaza as they seek refuge from relentless bombardment.
Hear from a mother under siege about her desperate struggle to care for her 9-month-old son, and see here how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action to support her and other women in Palestine.
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