Stephanie Nebehay | Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition

Syria fighting worst since Aleppo

Thursday, October 5, 2017

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said up to 10 hospitals were reported to have been damaged in the previous 10 days. Damage to Sham hospital in Idlib alone cut off half a million people from access to health care.

Fighting Halts Polio Vaccination in Northern Syria

Monday, January 13, 2014

Heavy fighting has prevented health workers from getting polio vaccine to an estimated 100,000 Syrian children in the northeastern province of Raqqa, United Nations aid agencies said on Monday, appealing for access. The crippling infectious disease was confirmed in 17 children in Syria in October, the first outbreak there since 1999.