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“Pregnant women have suffered… The hospital is not safe.”
November 10, 2023“Pregnant women have suffered… The hospital is not safe.”
Health care workers like Dr. Haya Hijazi are heroes, but they can’t save lives when bombs are falling and they are out of electricity and medicine.
Hear from Dr. Hijazi about the horrific situation for pregnant women in Gaza, where 180 births a day are taking place amid relentless bombardment, and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding.
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Pregnant woman in Gaza suffers miscarriage
November 20, 2023Alaa is one of the many pregnant women in Gaza who have been losing their babies from stress and malnutrition.
Hear her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is taking action to make motherhood safer.
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Hospitals in the south of Gaza are struggling to assist pregnant women and newborns
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Afghanistan earthquake survivors urgently need reproductive health care
December 15, 2023Two months after the devastating earthquakes hit Herat, women and girls are still in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
Let UNFPA Asia & the Pacific Regional Director Pio Smith show you how we are providing life-saving support to the thousands of people affected in Afghanistan.
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Life-saving support reaches Haiti through UNFPA and partners
December 14, 2023Nearly half of the population in Haiti is in need of humanitarian aid and protection.
See how our partner FOSREF and UNFPA —the UN sexual and reproductive health agency —are supporting the most vulnerable people affected by the crisis.
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Afghanistan's earthquakes are leading to a mental health crisis
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Pregnant woman stuck under rubble in Gaza shares heartbreaking story
November 2, 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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Midwives care for pregnant women after Afghanistan earthquakes
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Pregnant women in Gaza speak out
October 19, 2023Hear 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
October 29, 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.