Pregnant women in Gaza lack access to healthcare, clean water

An estimated 50.000 pregnant women are living in dire conditions in Gaza as the war between Israel and Hamas rages on. Many of the women huddled in unhygienic, over-crowded, displaced shelters which are often subject to bombardment, UNFPA Arab States Regional Director Laila Baker said. “There’s no clean water, we estimate that over 70 percent of the Gazan Palestinian population has no access to clean drinking water”, Baker added. Around 180 women give birth in Gaza every day, according to the UNFPA.