pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) As the Israel-Hamas conflict continues with food, water and fuel running out in Gaza pregnant people and those who have just given birth are facing a crisis, experts and humanitarian organizations said.
About 50,000 people are estimated to be pregnant in Gaza with about 160 estimated to give birth every day, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Additionally, an estimated 73,000 are pregnant in the West Bank, with more than 8,000 expected to give birth within the next month, the UNFPA said.
Experts said pregnant women and new mothers are facing life-threatening challenges to accessing safe care, putting their health and the health of their babies at risk.
"I think we have to start off with the basic premise, which is that war is bad for health," Dr. Dabney P. Evans, an associate professor of global health in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, told ABC News. "There s no good health outcom
Pregnant women, new mothers are at risk amid Israel-Hamas conflict: Experts
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