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Syrian crisis

Syrian crisis

WHO's response in and from Türkiye

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Overview

Years of conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic have resulted in hundreds of thousands of people being injured or ill or killed, vast movements of population, and infrastructure, including hospitals, being extensively damaged. Over 13 million people are in need of humanitarian aid within the country, more than 6.5 million are internally displaced and over 5.5 million people have sought refuge in neighbouring countries, of whom more than 3.6 million are in Türkiye.

The WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) has provided assistance on an enormous scale to meet extraordinary health needs in and from Türkiye. Under the whole-of-Syria approach, WHO and its health partners provide cross-border health services to populations in northern Syria from Gaziantep, Türkiye, on the basis of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2393. The WHO Country Office for Türkiye in Ankara helps provide a vast range of services to the 3.6 million Syrian refugees living inside Türkiye.

Publications

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Job satisfaction among Syrian health workers in refugee health centres in Turkey

Achieving universal health coverage is subject to the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of health workers. A health workforce...

Health emergency response to the crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic: annual report 2018

The continuing conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic has affected millions of lives, causing one of the world’s largest and most dynamic displacement...

Breastfeeding characteristics of Syrian refugees in Turkey

Turkey currently hosts an estimated 3.6 million Syrian refugees, of whom 23% are reproductive-age women (15–49 years) and 14% are children aged 0–4...

Situation updates: Turkey and northern Syria: July–August 2019: situation report 4

In response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, WHO and partners provide life-saving health services to Syrian refugees in Turkey and to populations...

Situation updates: Turkey and northern Syria: May–June 2019: situation report 3

In response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, WHO and partners provide life-saving health services to Syrian refugees in Turkey and to populations...

Situation updates: Turkey and northern Syria: March–April 2019: situation report 2

In response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, WHO and partners provide life-saving health services to Syrian refugees in Turkey and to populations...

Situation updates: Turkey and northern Syria: January–February 2019: situation report 1

In response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, WHO and partners provide life-saving health services to Syrian refugees in Turkey and to populations...

Situation updates: Turkey and northern Syria: November–December 2018: situation report 6

In response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, WHO and partners provide life-saving health services to Syrian refugees in Turkey and to populations...

Situation updates: Turkey and northern Syria: September–October 2018: situation report 5

In response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, WHO and partners provide life-saving health services to Syrian refugees in Turkey and to populations...

Situation updates: Turkey and northern Syria: July–August 2018: situation report # 4

Turkey hosts 3.5 million Syrian refugees, the highest number of refugees globally.Continuous influxes of people due to escalating conflict in Syria...

Technical documents

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Assessing the health literacy and health communication needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey (2020)

Health literacy in health care is crucial to achieving a reduction in child mortality, improving maternal health, combating infectious diseases and improving...

Health emergency response to the crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic Annual Report 2018 (2019)

The continuing conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic has affected millions of lives, causing one of the world’s largest and most dynamic displacement...

Increasing childhood immunization in northwestern Syria

Poor vaccination coverage in Syria, due to the ongoing conflict, has lowered immunity and caused outbreaks of highly contagious diseases such as measles...

Annual Report 2017 - WHO Health Emergencies in Turkey: response to the crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic (2018)

This report presents the activities conducted by WHO Health Emergencies team in Turkey throughout 2017 in its response to the crisis in the Syrian Arab...