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Maternal health advocate Myleene Klass meets midwives providing vital support to vulnerable pregnant women in Colombia

Maternal health advocate and Save the Children ambassador Myleene Klass travels to the Colombian border to meet pregnant women and the midwives providing vital support

The pregnancy and childbirth ‘silent emergency’ as 24 million mothers worldwide will give birth without a doctor, midwife or nurse in 2024

The state of pregnancy and childbirth is a global ‘silent emergency’ as 24 million mothers will give birth without a doctor, midwife or nurse in 2024

GAZA: Urgent plea for PM to immediately restore and increase funding to UNRWA

Alongside 28 other organisations Save the Children is urging Rishi Sunak to immediately restore and increase funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency

GAZA: Aid workers find ghost town and children living amid rubble in Khan Younis

Children are living amid rubble in streets of total devastation in Khan Younis, the second largest city in Gaza.

Bangladesh: Extreme heat closes all schools and forces 33 million children out of classrooms

Extreme heat has forced the closure of all schools in Bangladesh this week, impacting 33 million children, as temperatures soared to 42°C (108 F).

Save the Children open call for innovation partners to help more children receive vaccinations in Ethiopia and Nigeria

A new initiative has been launched to empower local organisations in Ethiopia and Nigeria, and fast-track solutions to help more children receive vaccinations.

NIGERIA: One in six children set to go hungry as kidnappings, conflict and rising prices push food out of reach

Around 15.6 million – children in Nigeria are facing hunger in the lead up to the lean season starting in June, according to a new analysis by Save the Children.

Gaza: Rate of attacks on healthcare higher than in any other conflict globally since 2018

The rate of attacks per month on healthcare in Gaza since the beginning of the war has been higher than in any other recent conflict globally.