“Absolute catastrophe” at only functioning maternity hospital in Gaza city

Published on: 11/03/2024

Hospitals in the north of Gaza are barely functioning, with medical supplies and fuel running out.

Women are forced to undergo C- sections with only partial anaesthesia.

UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—just delivered critical medical supplies to Al Sahaba Hospital, the only functioning maternity hospital in Gaza City.

Hear from UNFPA Representative Dominic Allen about the desperate need he witnessed during a high-risk mission and stay up to date on our ongoing humanitarian response here.

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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.

16 February 2024

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Communities in healing, a year after two tragic earthquakes shook southern Türkiye

The team from the UNFPA-supported safe space for women and girls in Türkiye’s southeastern Malatya region during outreach work, where they share information about the services available. © UNFPA Turkiye/Eren Korkmaz
  • 06 February 2024
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A year after massive earthquakes in Türkiye, women and girls still face danger

Published on: 06/02/2024

FAST-TRACK: Maternal & Reproductive Health (MRH) Specialist, Kabul, Afghanistan, P-4

  • Level: P-4
  • Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
  • Closing date: 19 Feb 2024 05:00 PM (America/New_York)
  • Duty station: Kabul, Afghanistan

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Midwives go door-to-door amid flooding in Peru, reaching thousands with critical health services

Miryam Coello is visited by one of UNFPA’s midwives at her home in the Veintiséis de Octubre district in Piura. © UNFPA Peru
  • 27 December 2023
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“Hope arrived in the form of Rahna”: The life-saving work of midwives after the Afghanistan earthquake

Midwife Rahna visits with new mother, 20-year-old Hanifa, whose home was destroyed in the 7 October earthquake that struck Herat province. © UNFPA Afghanistan / Ahmad Jamshid Qazizadah
  • 02 November 2023
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