After days on the run, pregnant Syrian woman finds safe haven and safe delivery

AL HOL CAMP, Syria –“I never expected that I would be in this situation and suffer so much,” 18-year-old Khadeeja told a UNFPA health worker in the Al-Hol Camp in northeastern Syria, where some 75,000 people have sought refuge from the mounting tensions in their hometowns. More than 90 per cent of the camp’s resi dents are women and girls.The conflict is intensifying in Khadeeja ’s town of Hajin. She and her husband, Mahmoud, fled earlier this month, walking for days and nights with little food or water. Khadeeja in the final stages of pregnancy at the time. 
Source: UNFPA News - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: news