US EditionA pregnant woman under Israel's blockade in Gaza's ruins fears for her baby
- Pregnancy and childbirth risks increased for Palestinian women and babies in Gaza.
- Israel's military campaign and March 2 blockade cut off food, medicine, and supplies.
- Only nine of 14 maternal hospitals partially function, and malnutrition affects up to 20% of pregnant women.
- Miscarriages doubled in early 2024, and five women a month now die in childbirth.
- This situation causes premature births, severe infections, and newborn deaths.
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Daily JournalA pregnant woman in Gaza under Israel's blockade fears for her baby
Israel’s military campaign decimating the Gaza Strip has made pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous for Palestinian women and their babies. It’s become worse since Israel seven weeks ago cut off food, medicine and supplies for the territory’s more than 2…
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A pregnant woman in Gaza’s ruins fears for her baby under Israel’s blockade
Israel’s military campaign decimating the Gaza Strip has made pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous for Palestinian women and their babies.
‘If I knew this child was going to die, I had to save the painkiller for a child who would survive’
Gaza volunteer surgeon Dr Mohammed Mustafa describes the horrific choices Israel's bombing and blockade forced him to make every day Australian emergency doctor Mohammed Mustafa has spoken about the horrific choices he was forced to make every day during his recent volunteer service in Gaza because of Israel's constant bombing of children and its blockade…
Am I the only one who has read debate post after debate post about maternity care in Norway and thought: “What about the women who give birth in Gaza or Sudan?” Don’t get me wrong – the discussion about home births versus hospital births is important. The recent reporting of an increase in unassisted home births in Norway is disturbing, and the concerns from health professionals are justified. At the same time, it gnaws at me because it feels un…
Palestine: No relief, little chance of recovery for Gaza’s burn patients | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
A burn injury is more than just a wound – it is a prolonged sentence of suffering, and profoundly so in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Many people have extensive burns covering large portions of their bodies – some as much as 40 per cent of their total body surface. After over 19 months of attacks by Israeli forces that have decimated Gaza’s healthcare system, patients suffering burns from bomb explosions and improvised cooking methods are left with…
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