UNFPA: Gaza Birth Crisis Deepens Amid Starvation, Trauma and Collapsing Healthcare

CAIRO / PNN/

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where widespread hunger, a collapsed health system, and severe psychological trauma are resulting in alarming birth outcomes that threaten the survival of a generation.

Between January and June 2025, only 17,000 births were recorded in Gaza—down from 29,000 in the same period in 2022—a drop of more than 41% in three years, according to data from Gaza’s…