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Reproductive health

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Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services are critically important in humanitarian settings, which typically see increases in maternal deaths, unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, unsafe abortions and GBV. In 2019, most governorates showed considerable progress in providing these services. In 2018, 32 hospitals across the country had neonatal resuscitation programmes; in 2019, this number rose to 38. The number of patients referred to specialized hospitals almost doubled, from 2821 to 5437. There was a similar rise in the number of mothers and newborns benefiting from home care (from 6361 in 2018 to 12 358 in 2019). An estimated 15% of deliveries and 15% of newborns will continue to require life-saving emergency interventions in 2020.