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Impossible choices in Gaza: “Women are giving birth prematurely because of terror”

The Al-Helal Al-Emirati maternity hospital in Rafah is one of the last remaining functioning health facilities in southern Gaza. Midwives are delivering more than 70 babies per day in dire conditions and while drastically under-supplied. © UNFPA Palestine/Bisan Ouda
  • 23 February 2024
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Expectant mother describes “horror” in Gaza

Published on: 20/02/2024

Pregnant women in Rafah are being told to bring their own mattress and pillow to give birth in the maternity ward.

Hear from Suhad (36), right before her scheduled C-section, about the desperate situation for expectant mothers like her.

See how UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is making motherhood safer in Gaza.
 

Life-saving support reaches women at Nasser Hospital in Gaza

Published on: 20/12/2023

“These kits contain many essential items which are in severe shortage,” says Dr. Khawla, Head of Nursing at Nasser Hospital in Gaza.

Every day in the occupied Palestinian territory, aid workers like Dr. Khawla are risking their lives to deliver emergency assistance to women and girls.

See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action to make motherhood safer amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Internally displaced people in the south of Gaza are struggling to get assistance

Published on: 20/12/2023

“This war has taken everything from us,” said Helen (18), an internally displaced woman in Gaza.

See her heartbreaking story and learn how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency— is responding to this humanitarian crisis.

16 February 2024

Resources

UNFPA Palestine Situation Report #5 - 24 January 2024

Resource date: Feb 2024

Publisher: UNFPA Palestine

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29 December 2023

The nightmare for women and girls in Gaza is getting worse

Published on: 02/02/2024

UNFPA Palestine representative Dominic Allen describes the nightmare situation he witnessed on his recent visit to Gaza.

He met women and girls living with the constant threat of bombs and pregnant women suffering from thirst, malnutrition and ill health.

Learn how UNFPA is providing them with much-needed support and supplies here.

Statement

We cannot abandon the people of Gaza

31 January 2024

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Statement

UNFPA calls for scale-up of humanitarian aid and improved access to sexual and reproductive health care for the women and girls of Gaza

20 January 2024

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