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When Rana , who lives in Gaza, learned she was pregnant, her joy was quickly overshadowed by fear .

“I thought I would have to give birth in a tent,” she recalled. “As my due date approached, I was terrified. I didn’t know how I could bring a child into this world under these conditions.”

For many of the 55,000 pregnant women across Gaza who require prenatal care, the question was not if her baby would be born but where, and whether she and her newborn would survive birth.

After two years of relentless attacks, Gaza’s health system lies in ruins. Only a fraction of health facilities remain functional, and very few can provide emergency obstetric and newborn care. Health workers have been displaced, medicines are scarce, and postpartum units are overwhelmed, operating far beyond capacity with too few incubators and trained staff.

Midwives are the first line of defense for the lives of mothers and newborns, and they must be supported and empowered to deliver lifesaving care. Your gift today can provide training for midwives, provide supplies and medicines, and save lives in conflict-stricken Gaza and wherever help is needed most. [[link removed]?]

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Like most of Gaza’s 2.1 million residents, Rana is displaced, living in a flimsy tent, exposed to severe winter conditions and heavy rains. Recent flooding has washed away shelters, destroyed belongings, and left families cold, soaked, and prone to disease — which has led to the heightened risk of hunger, respiratory infections, diarrhea, hepatitis, and hypothermia.

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Rana’s sister walks between rows of tents in a camp for people who have been displaced in Gaza City.

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A boy sleeps on a mat where his home used to stand.

Pregnant women, new mothers, and newborns are among those most in danger of the harsh winter weather, as tragically witnessed in Khan Younis, where a two-week-old baby recently died from hypothermia.

At this moment, when Gaza’s health system has stretched beyond its limits, trained midwives and functioning health facilities are crucial in ensuring women and babies survive childbirth and the delicate postpartum period.

For Rana, this meant being able to give birth not in a flooded tent, but in a functional hospital, surrounded by expert staff who had the equipment needed to provide her a safe delivery.

Fortunately, she gave birth at the Patient’s Friends Benevolent Society Hospital in Gaza City. This hospital, along with Al Khair Hospital in Khan Younis, was recently fully rebuilt by UNFPA.

The generosity of supporters like you has provided mothers, like Rana, with lifesaving reproductive healthcare this brutal winter. But as the cold months stretch on, women, new mothers, and newborns in Gaza and around the world continue to need your support. Will you join our compassionate supporters and make a lifesaving gift today? [[link removed]?]

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At the hospital, midwife Nabila was with Rana throughout her labor. She described how precarious conditions were before the facility was rehabilitated. “There were very few health workers, and much of the equipment had been damaged,” she told UNFPA.

“If a woman developed complications during childbirth, there was a real risk she wouldn’t survive. This support changed that. We were able to bring health workers back, cover their salaries, and replace equipment we had lost during the war.”

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Midwife Nabila provides maternal and newborn care at the Patient’s Friends Benevolent Society Hospital in Gaza City, recently fully rebuilt by UNFPA.

UNFPA has never left Gaza since before conflict began and — with compassionate donor support — has delivered immediate results for women and girls most in need. Supporters have already provided 240,000 women and girls with access to essential reproductive health services, including family planning and maternal healthcare. We can continue to reach more families in need with your help.

“Every woman deserves a safe delivery,” Nabila said.

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We welcome the ceasefire agreement, the release of all hostages by Hamas, and the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian aid in Gaza. We are hopeful that peace will prevail and that the suffering of women, girls, and families will end.

Thank you for supporting midwives and the mothers they save every day.

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