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Ulla Müller

Ulla Müller is the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative (a.i.) to Ukraine

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Mothers with newborns in a shelter at a maternity hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 24, 2022.

In 3 years of war, Ukraine's mothers have been forced underground

by Ulla Müller
As Ukraine reaches the three-year mark since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the impact on women’s health — and especially maternal health — has grown increasingly dire. Missiles and drone attacks strike without warning, putting pregnant women and their newborns at constant risk. In areas closer to the front line, the challenges are even greater, with higher rates of premature births, a lack of consistent medical services, and overwhelming mental stress that reverberates through every aspect of da