"REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH"

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “WHO welcomes the extension of the humanitarian pause in the conflict in Gaza, and the release of hostages and prisoners by both sides, the pause has enabled WHO to increase deliveries of medical supplies in Gaza, and to transfer patients from Al-Shifa hospital to other hospitals south of the Wadi Gaza.” WHO

The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Natalia Kanem, said, “despite being one of the poorest countries in the world, Chad now hosts more than a million refugees, including newly some half a million who fled the conflict in Sudan over the past six months. Most women and children.” UNIFEED

Press conference by Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on her findings on her recent mission to Chad where she met with Gender-based Violence and fistula survivors, as well as women leaders.

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is deepening. Fuel, food, water and electricity are running out, and the health system is in a state of total collapse. An estimated 50,000 pregnant women are caught up in the conflict, with around 5,500 due to give birth within the next 30 days - around 160 deliveries a day. UNFPA

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said, “I am deeply saddened by the continued and widespread deterioration of human rights in Nicaragua. Punishing and locking out those who voice their views, and further intensifying the country's isolation, are policies that do not serve the interests of the Nicaraguan people – or even the authorities.” UNTV CH

The Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, called for an end to the carnage in Haiti, where escalating violence has killed and injured more than 70 people in Port au Prince just in the last two weeks, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED

In West Darfur, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has deployed health and social workers to support thousands of displaced and vulnerable women and girls with reproductive health care and protection services, including for survivors of gender-based violence, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED

UNFPA and its partners support Port Sudan Teaching Hospital, the only maternity hospital in the state, with medical equipment, supplies, midwives and healthcare professionals to ensure safe birth for pregnant women who have been displaced to Port Sudan from various parts of the country. UNFPA

The Situation in Afghanistan.

A United Nations spokesperson told reporters that over the past four weeks, the UN “has facilitated the movement of 438 trucks carrying some 17,000 tons of aid to different parts of Sudan.” UNIFEED