Women who are pregnant or who have recently given birth in Gaza face serious challenges amid daily airstrikes, continued ground fighting, high rates of disease and a growing lack of food and water.
A baby is looked after at the neonatal unit at Kamal Adhwan hospital in Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip, where children are born with complications due to malnourished mothers.A baby is looked after at the neonatal unit at Kamal Adhwan hospital in Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip, where children are born with complications due to malnourished mothers.TEL AVIV, Israel — In Rafah, baby Manal has just woken up from a nap.
"I can't teach her to eat or feed her because there's no food, no vegetables, and there's not enough milk for her," Saleh says."I can't sleep at night because all I'm doing is thinking and I'm heartbroken." In northern Gaza, where Saleh is originally from, a third of children under 2 are experiencing a life-threatening lack of food, and an international committee of experts warns thatGaza health officials say at least 23 children have died from malnutrition. CARE's partners in the north of Gaza report that women in shelters are burying their newborns who have died.There's already 'catastrophic' hunger in Gaza.
These are the circumstances that have driven pregnant women all across the enclave to find treatment at a health clinic in Deir al Balah, in central Gaza. Run by the U.S.-based aid organization Project Hope, the clinic sees up to 60 pregnant women a day. Nearly a quarter are malnourished, according to staff at the clinic.
She caught hepatitis A, along with several members of her family, many of whom have fungal infections."If there was cleanliness, would I have gotten hepatitis?" she asks, exasperated."The water we drink is itself dirty. How would we not get a disease?" Arvind Das, who recently led a team of medics from the International Rescue Committee into Gaza, said that all across the enclave he witnessed women giving birth in overcrowded shelters.Palestinian women and infants receive medical care at a clinic in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 29.Palestinian women and infants receive medical care at a clinic in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 29."There is no privacy. There is no dignity," he said, holding back tears.
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