Resources
UNFPA Palestine Situation Report #3 - 14 November 2023
Resource date: Nov 2023
Author: UNFPA Palestine
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News
After a month of siege, bombardments and a health system obliterated, pregnant women in Gaza are caught in a catastrophe
- 09 November 2023
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Life inside a Gaza hospital
For pregnant women and infants, a fight to survive amid waning resources
All photos © Bisan Ouda for UNFPA
03 November 2023
Pregnant woman stuck under rubble in Gaza shares heartbreaking story
Published on: 02/11/2023
“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.
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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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Statement
Women and newborns bearing the brunt of the conflict in Gaza, UN agencies warn
03 November 2023
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News
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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