Press Release

New UNFPA report finds 30 years of progress in sexual and reproductive health has mostly ignored the most marginalized communities

16 April 2024

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Maternity hospital burns in Gaza amid ongoing war

Published on: 12/04/2024

“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.

News

Sexual violence and severe hunger surge as Sudan war passes one year

After a year of war and insecurity, a staggering 6.7 million people in Sudan need protection and response services for gender-based violence. © UNFPA Sudan/Sufian Abdul-Mouty
  • 12 April 2024
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Statement

Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day 2024

05 April 2024

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Resources

Haiti Situation Report #2 - 3 April 2024

Resource date: Apr 2024

Publisher: UNFPA Haiti

28 March 2024
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Life-saving medicines for pregnant women run low in south Gaza

Published on: 21/03/2024

Pregnant women at a camp for internally displaced people camp in south Gaza are receiving check-ups in sandy tents.

Let Dr. Mohamed Ragab describe the situation for women who have almost nothing and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding. 
 

Resources

Haiti Situation Report #1 - 22 March 2024

Resource date: Mar 2024

Author: UNFPA Haiti

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Women and girls in Gaza use torn pieces of cloth in place of sanitary pads

Published on: 14/03/2024

Lack of access to menstrual hygiene products in Gaza is forcing many women and girls, like Bakiza (47) and her daughter, to take desperate measures.

See the impact of the support being delivered by UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. 

Pregnant women in Gaza forced to give birth on hospital floors

Published on: 22/03/2024

Women in Gaza have to give birth on the floor at the overcrowded Al-Emirati Hospital in Rafah as doctors run out of basic medical supplies.

Let UNFPA Palestine Representative Dominic Allen describe the heroic efforts of desperate medical staff helping women give birth safely and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting them. 

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