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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Florence Bauer, said the needs in earthquake affected areas in Türkiye are, “tremendous,” and noted that “it's women and girls that are always the most affected.” UNIFEED

The Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, welcomed “intense diplomatic efforts” to bring the conflict in Yemen to an end and called on all sides “to allow the time and space needed for the discussions to bear fruit.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Türkiye, Alvaro Rodríguez, said one-month after the earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria, “between one and two million people” in Türkiye “are in need some kind of support to maybe re-establish their lives.” UNIFEED

3.7 million children in earthquake-affected Syria face catastrophic combination of threats, warns UNICEF Executive Director, following two-day visit. UNICEF

World Health Organization (WHO) Chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus visited health facilities in areas in Southeast Türkiye affected by the earthquakes. WHO

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on Monday visited children and families affected by the powerful earthquakes that hit southeast Türkiye earlier this month. UNICEF

A United Nations interagency mission visited a hospital and clinics supported by the Syria Relief and Development (SRD) NGO in earthquake affected North-West Syria. OCHA

Upon his return from the Syrian Arab Republic, World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said, "WHO is providing care to survivors with injuries and disabilities sustained in the earthquake; hypothermia; mental health and psychosocial needs; the increased risk of infectious diseases, and the range of regular health needs.” WHO

UNFPA estimated that there are around 130,000 to 140,000 women in Syria who are at reproductive age and require medication services and protection for gender-based violence. An estimated 40,000 women are currently pregnant and will deliver within the next three months, said a senior UNFPA official in the region. UNIFEED / FILE

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