Health
New York, With conflict raging in northwest Syria, the United Nations health agency has appealed for $11 million to provide life-saving care to parts of Aleppo, Hama, Idleb and Lattakia governorates. more
Syria: UN health agency calls for immediate and unimpeded access to save lives in Ghouta

New York, Nov 13(Just Earth News): Amid worsening humanitarian, health and security situation in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta, the United Nations health agency has demanded that al ...

Syria: UN health agency steps up services for thousands of people in Raqqa

New York, Oct 25(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency is stepping up the delivery of medicines and medical supplies to thousands of people in newly accessible areas of Raqqa.

‘We need improvement,’ on humanitarian access, says UN envoy for Syria

New York, Apr 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The day after a new round of intra-Syrian talks began in Geneva, the United Nations envoy mediating a solution to the crisis reported on Thursday on t ...

Syria: UN health agency urges donors to assist countries ‘doing the heavy lifting’

New York, Sept 25 (IBNS) Crippling funding shortfalls are hindering the ability of emergency teams to meet the escalating health needs of the millions of Syrians displaced by civil war and d ...

Syria: UN agency discovers nine suspected cases of typhoid near Yarmouk camp

New York, Sep 3 (JEN): Following humanitarian operations in the southern Syrian town of Yalda, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said ...

Syria's children at risk from water scarcity and illness amid ongoing conflict - UNICEF

New York, July 14 (JEN) Syrian children are becoming increasingly vulnerable to water borne illnesses amid peaking summer temperatures and dwindling supplies of safe water, the United Nation ...

UN agencies ‘shocked and saddened’ by vaccination deaths in Syria

New York, Sept 20 (JEN) Some 15 children died and 50 others were reportedly affected by a contaminated measles vaccination in Idlib, Syria, according to the United Nations.

Syria: UN adapts to meet needs of Palestinian refugees

New York, May 21 (JEN): The health department of the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees across the Middle East on Tuesday reported that more than half of its health centres in Syria ar ...