Maternal mortality is an important health indicator, widely acknowledged as a general indicator of the overall health of a population, of the status of women in society, and of the functioning of the health system. Maternal mortality is defined as death of a woman during pregnancy or within 42 days after childbirth, spontaneous abortion or termination of pregnancy.
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Maternal health
Publisher
UNFPA and MoH
Number of pages
59
Author
Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza
Publication
Maternal Mortality in the Gaza Strip
Publication date
28 November 2016
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Publisher
UNFPA CFTA MOH
Number of pages
59
Author
Dunia Al-Amal Ismail
Publication
Protection in the Windward
Publication date
01 October 2014
During seven weeks of fierce aggression on Gaza, from 7 July to 26 August, 2014, 582 children and 302 women were killed; another 10,870 people were injured including 3,303 children and 2,120 women. It is worth noting that one-third of the wounded children will suffer from permanent disability.
Publisher
UNFPA WHO MOH
Number of pages
67
Author
Ali Nashat Shaar MD. MSc. - UNFPA, Osama Abueita MPH Bsc. – UNFPA, Sawsan Hammad MD .– MOH, Younis Awadallah, MD.– UNICEF, Itimad Abu Ward – WHO
Publication
Victims in the Shadow
Publication date
01 October 2014
The extremely high number and severe nature of casualties during the recent military assaults on Gaza have further stretched an already overburdened health care system and challenged its coping capacity. Three weeks after the start of military operations, the Ministry of Health declared that 50 percent of all medical equipment was not functioning, and the rest was likely to break down if the current demand continued (2) (refer to the executive summary).
Press Release
UNFPA combats breast cancer in the State of Palestine with contribution from Japan
22 March 2016
Ramallah, 22 March 2016 – The Government of Japan and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, announced today the launching of a project to Combat Breast Cancer in Palestine. The project will be implemented by UNFPA and CCP Japan (Campaign for the Children of Palestine) with financial support of USD 1,130,000 by the Government of Japan.
Publisher
UNFPA Palestine
Number of pages
5
Author
UNFPA Palestine
Publication
One year after the Gaza 2014 war
Publication date
01 April 2015
This report intends to highlight the key challenges that remain one year after the 2014 Gaza war as they relate to UNFPA’s programme priorities. The report focuses on Reproductive Health and Family Planning, Gender-based violence as a protection concern and the particular challenges facing young people.
News
Tens of thousands in need of maternal health services in Gaza
07 August 2014
UNITED NATIONS, New York - The evacuation warning came at 11 on the morning of Wednesday, 23 July, as the bombardment outside intensified. Huddled in their home in the El Shijaia neighbourhood of Gaza, Iman Fora and her family received word that a bus was arriving to transport residents to a shelter. But the announcement brought little relief to their family; Ms. Fora, 21, was already in active labour.
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One year after Gaza conflict, situation for women and youth remains dire
26 August 2015
GAZA – Khalet* has just celebrated his first birthday. He was born during the recent hostilities in Gaza, which ended in August 2014. During the conflict, his pregnant mother, Samah, moved from shelter to shelter to escape the bombing. She went into labour and was rushed to Al Awada Hospital, north of Gaza.
There, doctors realized that she should have delivered 10 days earlier and that she required an immediate Caesarean section. Tragically, she died shortly after giving birth to Khalet – two days before the ceasefire.
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3rd National Annual Health Conference "Let's work together so that no woman dies while giving life"
04 May 2011
The Palestinian Ministry of Health, in partnership with UNFPA Palestine CO, held the Third National Annual Health Conference under the theme maternal mortality with the slogan “Let's work together so that no woman dies while giving life”, in Ramallah on 4 May 2011. The Conference highlighted the problem of maternal deaths in Palestine, based on the groundbreaking 2008-2009 maternal mortality report that resulted from the partnership between MOH and UNFPA, and gave concrete recommendations into a national plan to reduce maternal mortality by half by 2015, in line with MDG5.
News
Jabalia Women’s Health Center in Gaza conducts a Leadership Training
07 July 2011
A Leadership Training was organized by Jabalia Women’s Health Center (JWHC) in the Gaza Strip, a center that is funded through the generous contributions from the Government of Norway and AIDOS, through UNFPA and the EU respectively. “The purpose of this training is to invest in youth, create young leaders, develop leadership as well as problem solving and decision making skills, so they become leaders in their society” Ms.