| Title: | Health care in northwest Syria |
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| Description: | Zahra, 4, has had high fever for the past two days. Realizing that she’d need medical attention, her father took her to Atmeh hospital where she was examined by a pediatrician who prescribed drugs to bring down the girl’s fever. The 160 health workers employed at Atmeh Maternity and paediatrics Hospital, supported by the NGO HIHFAD (Hand in hand for Aid and Development), serve a number of IDP camps in Atmeh, Qah and Aqrabat as well as the local population in northern Idleb on the border to Turkey. The hospital consists of e.g. a pediatric and maternity clinic, pharmacy, radiology department, operating theatre, ambulance services, hematology, a lab and a clinic dedicated to gender-based violence. The hospital, that’s part of WHO’s referral network in NW-Syria, has seen a steep rise in caseloads as a consequence of 960,000 people being displaced since December 2019 due to hostilities. © WHO/Khalil Ashawi |
| Copyright/credit: | © WHO/Khalil Ashawi |
| Country (location): | Syria |
| Date Created: | 09/02/2020 |
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