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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

One in five pregnant women in Gaza clinic are malnourished, doctors warn

Gazan mother with her baby lives in a tent under difficult conditions
Project Hope said 21% of pregnant women treated in the Deir al Balah clinic in the three weeks to 24 February were suffering from malnutrition. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

One in five pregnant women treated at a central Gaza clinic are malnourished, doctors have warned, as fuel and medical supply shortages closed the last hospital operating in the north of the strip.

“Every day, we see women and children coming into our clinic suffering from acute malnutrition,” said Dr Maram, the lead physician for Project Hope.

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