{"id":308023,"date":"2025-05-18T09:13:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T13:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=308023"},"modified":"2025-12-23T10:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:37:11","slug":"unfpa-palestine-situation-report-april-2025-covering-period-01-30-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unfpa-palestine-situation-report-april-2025-covering-period-01-30-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"±¬ÁÏÍøFPA Palestine Situation Report \u2013 April 2025 (Covering period: 01 \u2013 30 April 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>18 May 2025<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Highlights<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Total blockade fuels unprecedented hunger and despair: With Gaza sealed off for over two months, women and girls are struggling to survive. Desperation is rising, and time is running out to avert potential famine. Food insecurity is driving a surge in pregnancy complications, underweight births, and having catastrophic impacts on mother and newborns\u2019 health.<\/li>\n<li>Health system crumbling under the weight of war: The few remaining facilities offering maternal healthcare are overstretched and facing acute shortages of essential supplies, while life-saving medicines remain stuck at borders. Pregnant women are forced to risk their lives to reach care, navigating blocked roads and insecurity.<\/li>\n<li>Water crisis ignites public health emergency: With clean water scarce and hygiene supplies depleted, disease is spreading fast in overcrowded shelters. There has been an increase in infections among pregnant women.<\/li>\n<li>Protection crisis intensifies as safe spaces close: With safe spaces shutting down and services shrinking, women and girls face escalating risks of violence and exploitation. Mental health needs are growing, but support is out of reach for most.<\/li>\n<li>New aid proposal threatens to shut out the most vulnerable: A proposed Israeli military-controlled aid delivery plan could strip women and girls of access to food and essential services. The ±¬ÁÏÍø has rejected the plan, warning it violates humanitarian principles and obstructs neutral, independent aid at a time of urgent need.<\/li>\n<li>West Bank under pressure as violence and restrictions grow: Increased military operations, movement restrictions, and shrinking humanitarian access are compounding risks for pregnant women and families across the West Bank. The erosion of rights and services continues to accelerate.<\/li>\n<li>±¬ÁÏÍøFPA sustains critical support amid an escalating crisis: In April, ±¬ÁÏÍøFPA remained on the ground, reaching over 50,000 people with essential sexual and reproductive health (SRH), gender-based violence (GBV) and youth-focused services across Palestine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 18 May 2025 Highlights: Total blockade fuels unprecedented hunger and despair: With Gaza sealed off for over two months, women and girls are struggling to survive. Desperation is rising, and time is running out to avert potential famine. 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