"REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH"

One year on from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) warns of the war’s continuing devastating impacts on women and girls. UNFPA

According to the United Nations Population Fund, an estimated 133,000 pregnant women have been impacted by the earthquake across Syria. UNFPA

According to the United Nations Population Fund, among the millions of people who have been affected by the earthquake in Türkiye and northwest Syria, tens of thousands of pregnant women need access to maternal health services. UNFPA

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A new inter-agency convoy with vital supplies reached the people of Kherson, in Ukraine, on Monday. OCHA

A UN spokesperson said that a new humanitarian inter-agency convoy arrived today in Kherson, Ukraine. UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Visiting the Kabasa Internally Displaced Persons Camp, in Doolow, Somalia, the Head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Natalia Kanem, said, “2 million women and adolescent girls of childbearing age are going hungry because of unprecedented drought not seen in decades in this country.” UNFPA

There has been a worrying sharp increase in suspected cholera cases over the past few days in Haiti, with the number of suspected cases nearly doubling between 20 and 23 October, informed a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

Achieving full gender equality, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), could take close to 300 years if the current rate of progress continues, according to a report published on Wednesday by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). UNIFEED