GAZA / HEALTH SITUATION WOMEN CHILDREN

At Al-Awda Health Centre, west of Gaza City, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is working in partnership with local organizations to enhance maternal and newborn health and ensure access to essential services. UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:05:38
• Production Date: 9 February 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND - UNFPA
• Subject Topical: MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: GAZA
• MAMS Id: 3533505
• Parent Id: 3533505
• Alternate Title: unifeed260209d

Description

STORY: GAZA / HEALTH SITUATION WOMEN CHILDREN
TRT: 5:38
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NTAS

DATELINE: 09 FEBRUARY 2026, GAZA CITY

Shotlist

1. Various shots, displacement tents spread along the Mediterranean Sea coastline west of Gaza City
2. Various shots, Al-Awda Health Centre, which serves thousands of displaced people in the western areas of Gaza City
3. Various shots, a sign at the health center displaying the logo of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which funded the project through UNFPA
4. Various shots, a sign outlining the objectives of the project implemented by UNFPA, saying “Ensuring access to and provision of services, and enhancing maternal and newborn health among affected populations in the Gaza Strip”
6. Various shots, designated tents provided by UNFPA for Al-Awda Health Centre
7. Various shots, Doctor Aref Shehab, Director of Al-Awda Health Centre
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Aref Shehab, Director of Al-Awda Health Centre:
“Regarding the services provided by Al-Awda Health Centre, and generally across the Gaza Strip, UNFPA is committed to delivering services for women and pregnant women. Maternal and antenatal clinics are among the most essential services in Gaza. We extend our thanks to UNFPA, especially for supporting the family planning clinic in northern Gaza, as family planning services had been suspended since the start of the war. UNFPA reactivated the service and provided all the necessary medical supplies.”
9. Various shots, doctors and patients inside Al-Awda Health Centre
10. Various shots, Raja Arafat, who came to the clinic to seek treatment for her daughter
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Raja Arafat, Mother of a child:
“I come to the clinic whenever my children fall ill. Today I came because my young daughter is sick, coughing, and exhausted.”
12. Various shots, doctors and patients inside Al-Awda Health Centre

Storyline

The health situation of women and children in the Gaza Strip continues to deteriorate amid the ongoing collapse of the healthcare system and the worsening mass displacement. There are increasing needs related to reproductive health and maternal and newborn care at a time when remaining medical facilities are operating at limited capacity under mounting pressure.

Displacement camps are spread along the western coastline of Gaza City, where thousands of displaced people rely on a limited number of health centres. The centres are providing basic services amid shortages of medical supplies and restricted access to specialized care.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says that women and children are the most affected groups by the current health crisis, with growing risks related to pregnancy and childbirth, a lack of family planning services, and insufficient psychosocial support, particularly in overcrowded displacement areas.

At Al-Awda Health Centre west of Gaza City, which serves thousands of displaced people, UNFPA—working in partnership with local organizations—implements emergency interventions that include supporting maternity clinics, providing medical supplies, and establishing designated tents and health spaces to serve women and affected families. The project is supported by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through UNFPA and aims to enhance maternal and newborn health and ensure access to essential services.

Doctor Aref Shehab, Director of Al-Awda Health Centre, said that maternal and antenatal clinics are among the most critical services currently provided in the Gaza Strip. He adding that UNFPA contributed to reactivating family planning services that had been suspended since the beginning of the war, while ensuring the provision of the necessary medical supplies to sustain them.

In the waiting area of the centre, Raja Arafat, a mother who came to seek treatment for her sick daughter, said she turns to the clinic whenever one of her children falls ill, she said, “Today I came because my young daughter is sick, coughing, and exhausted.”