Tag: perils of pregnancy

‘Worse than our nightmares’: the perils of pregnancy in war-torn Gaza

By Mai Yaghi and Adel Zanoun with Chloe Rouveyrolles-Bazire in Jerusalem GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, March 6, 2024 (AFP) – Forced to flee her home by Israeli bombardment, Asmaa Ahmed gave birth in the middle of the night in a Gaza City school that had no electricity. The doctor arrived just in time, working by the light of a mobile phone and clamping the umbilical cord with whatever medical staff could find. “I was very, […]