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07 November 2023
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As Gaza’s calamity hits the one month mark pregnant women face a fast-spiraling catastrophe
As casualties from the calamitous month-long bombardment and siege of Gaza mount, more than one third of Gaza’s 35 hospitals and nearly two-thirds of primary health care clinics…
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05 November 2023
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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"
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 5 November 2023 – For almost a month, the world has been watching the unfolding situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory in shock and…
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28 October 2023
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Executive Director statement on the situation in Gaza
Civilians in Gaza are living in a state of peril. Heavy bombardments are having devastating impacts on the population.
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22 October 2023
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Surviving the perils of pregnancy in war-torn Gaza
The health system in Gaza is on the brink of collapse. While the first aid convoys have entered Gaza, fuel has not yet been allowed in. With Gaza under siege without water and…
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21 October 2023
Statement
Joint statement by UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on humanitarian supplies crossing into Gaza
A first, but limited, shipment of life-saving humanitarian supplies from the United Nations and the Egyptian Red Crescent entered Gaza today on 20 trucks, passing through the…
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17 October 2023
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“Race against death” amid relentless bombardment in Gaza, pregnant women tell UNFPA
GAZA, Palestine – “My baby was feeling every explosion,” a pregnant woman from northern Gaza told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, from the school…
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17 October 2023
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“Race against death” amid relentless bombardment in Gaza, pregnant women tell UNFPA
GAZA, Palestine – “My baby was feeling every explosion,” a pregnant woman from northern Gaza told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, from the school…
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16 October 2023
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
UNFPA deplores the loss of life in Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territory and is deeply concerned for the safety and wellbeing of all civilians caught up in the crisis,…
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15 October 2023
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Sudan’s women and girls endure six months of conflict with no end in sight
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Lubna still remembers the sound of shelling in Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, six months ago. The 34-year old was, at the time, mother to six children and…
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