WHO: Pregnancy ‘clouded by fear’ in Gaza
4/7/2025 8:41:11 PM
The World Health Organization (WHO) has marked World Health Day with a statement on the struggle of 55,000 pregnant women in Gaza, where “pregnancy is clouded by fear due to ongoing violence, displacement and lack of medical access”.
One third of pregnant women in Gaza are facing high-risk pregnancies, the WHO said.
About 20 percent of newborns are born premature, underweight or with complications and need advanced care that is hard to find.
“Partners report that essential equipment and medicines, such as portable incubators, ventilators for neonatal intensive care, ultrasound machines and oxygen pumps, along with 180,000 doses of routine childhood vaccines – enough to fully protect 60,000 children under the age of two – have not been permitted to enter, leaving ill newborns and young children without the life-saving care they urgently need,” the organisation said.
One third of pregnant women in Gaza are facing high-risk pregnancies, the WHO said.
About 20 percent of newborns are born premature, underweight or with complications and need advanced care that is hard to find.
“Partners report that essential equipment and medicines, such as portable incubators, ventilators for neonatal intensive care, ultrasound machines and oxygen pumps, along with 180,000 doses of routine childhood vaccines – enough to fully protect 60,000 children under the age of two – have not been permitted to enter, leaving ill newborns and young children without the life-saving care they urgently need,” the organisation said.