Statement
Gaza Famine a Catastrophe for Mothers and Infants
22 August 2025
Statement
22 August 2025
Famine has been declared in Gaza.
Mothers are starving to keep their children alive.
They need a ceasefire now and the sustained, rapid and significantly scaled-up delivery of aid.
Donate to help UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—deliver lifesaving care.
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Women and children in Gaza are being starved in full view of the world.
On top of this, they face severe shortages of medicine and life-saving care amid relentless attacks on hospitals.
See why UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is calling for the aid blockade to end now.
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Resource date: May 2025
Author: UNFPA Palestine
Every mother deserves a safe birth.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t the case for Adlah, who had to deliver her baby under bombardment and displacement in Gaza.
Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting mothers during humanitarian crises.
“I was almost unconscious, vomiting, feverish.”
Nadine was moments away from delivering her baby when she was trapped at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank.
Maternity care is essential to save lives, especially in humanitarian settings.
Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is working to ensure safe birth.
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Resource date: Apr 2025
Author: UNFPA Palestine
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