With over 400,000 civilians currently displaced due to heavy fighting, it is estimated that hundreds of pregnant women may require urgent medical attention.
The UNFPA-supported clinic in Al-Waer is providing reproductive health-care, with over 1,500 people benefiting from these services in the last 20 days alone. There are currently 8 to 10 births every day in one hospital alone in Al-Wear of which nearly 75% require caesarean sections.
Extreme restrictions on access and mobility in Homs and throughout Syria are putting the lives of women, girls and their families at high risk.
We call on all parties to allow medical supplies, particularly drugs, to enter the Al-Waer area and facilitate immediate safe access to women and girls in need of assistance so that UNFPA and its partners can provide life-saving services.
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