Statement
07 October 2024
Hear from a midwife at Al-Helal Al Emirati Hospital in Rafah, Gaza, as she describes the chaos and suffering of childbirth in her hospital.
Learn more about how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding here.
“It is full of the smell of death."
The scenes of destruction in Gaza are unimaginable. Maternity wards emptied of patients and destroyed as life-saving maternal health supplies burn.
Pregnant women have nowhere to go to give birth safely.
See the levels of destruction and hear about the impact on pregnant women from Dominic Allen, Representative for UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—in Palestine on his recent visit to Khan Younis.
Publisher
UNFPA Palestine
Publication date
Apr 2024
Author
UNFPA
Resources
Updates
08 March 2024
Publisher
UNFPA Palestine
Publication date
Mar 2024
Resources
Incubators at Al-Helal Al-Emirati Hospital in Gaza are full of babies with dead or missing parents. Hear from two doctors at the hospital about this tragic situation and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action.
Learn more about the crisis in Gaza here.
News
23 February 2024