Thousands of people are taking shelter in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza while staff try to help pregnant women and premature babies.
Let filmmaker Bisan Ouda show you inside the hospital and hear from health workers in dire need of life-saving medicines and supplies.
Shamaiel was nine months pregnant when the first earthquake struck Afghanistan in October trapping her under rubble.
Hear her speak about the devastating impact and see how UNFPA—the UN sexual and reproductive health agency—is helping over 7,000 pregnant women affected.
UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem's message on the crisis in Gaza. UNFPA joins the call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, so that aid can reach those who have been affected by the complete siege of Gaza this October. Among the 2.2 million affected population in Gaza, 1 in 4 are women and girls of reproductive age, around 572,000, and they need urgent access to reproductive health supplies and services.
Children, pregnant women and the elderly remain the most vulnerable in #Gaza as they seek refuge from relentless bombardment.
Hear from a mother under siege about her desperate struggle to care for her 9-month-old son, and see here how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action to support her and other women in Palestine.
Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.
Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.
Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.
Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.
Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.
Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.
Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.
Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.
Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.
Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.
In Gaza, 50,000 women are currently pregnant. Almost 160 women will give birth every day amid the violence. Most are unable to access health services.
With bombs raining down on hospitals and United Nations shelters, the people of #Gaza have nowhere safe to go.
UNFPA, the UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency, calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
Learn more here.