UN supports 'monumental step' for cancer sufferers in northwest Syria
Oct 04, 2023, at 11:08 pm
The first radiotherapy machine to treat cancer arrived in northwest Syria over the weekend, the UN’s aid coordination office (OCHA) said on Tuesday.
Deadly Syria earthquake provides chance to move forward: UN envoy
Mar 24, 2023, at 11:11 pm
Renewed diplomatic attention on Syria, and the suffering of its people following the recent deadly earthquake, create new obligations and opportunities to forge lasting peace, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Thursday.
UN underlines commitment to support communities affected by Syria-Turkiye earthquakes
Mar 22, 2023, at 12:47 am
New York: The head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has underlined on Monday the importance of addressing immediate humanitarian needs in earthquake-affected Syria and Türkiye, and efforts to promote recovery.
UN humanitarian delegation visits northwest Syria as earthquake response continues
Feb 24, 2023, at 07:17 pm
New York: A total of 282 United Nations trucks transporting aid for earthquake victims in northwest Syria have passed through three border crossings with Türkiye over the past two weeks, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Wednesday.
Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Fresh aftershocks leave three people dead
Feb 21, 2023, at 02:14 pm
Ankara: A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Turkey on Monday which left three people dead and injured 294 others, media reports said.
Syria: Cholera outbreak is ‘serious threat’ to whole Middle East
Sep 14, 2022, at 10:25 pm
New York: The official declaration of a cholera outbreak in the Aleppo region of Syria at the weekend, represents “a serious threat to people in Syria”, and the whole Middle East region, said the UN humanitarian relief coordinator for the country on Tuesday.
New international partnerships needed to boost healthcare in Syria
May 07, 2022, at 07:30 pm
New York: As the protracted conflict in Syria continues to push millions deeper into poverty and increase their vulnerability to health risks, UN agencies and their partners met on Friday to spur action to revitalize the country’s embattled healthcare system.
Syria COVID spread may be much higher than figures suggest, Lowcock tells Security Council
Sep 18, 2020, at 09:36 pm
New York: Reports from inside Syria are pointing to a much broader spread of COVID-19 than the number of confirmed cases – currently 3,618 – suggests, the UN’s top humanitarian official says.
‘Widespread’ COVID-19 transmission, limited testing, deepen Syria’s humanitarian woes
Aug 28, 2020, at 10:12 pm
New York: COVID-19 is having a dramatic impact on health services in Syria, where limited testing is obscuring the real extent of the pandemic, the UN’s Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Thursday.
Syria reports 20 new COVID-19 cases, 358 in total
Jul 05, 2020, at 08:26 pm
Damascus/Xinhua: Syria on Sunday reported 20 new COVID-19 cases as part of a daily escalation in the number of infections in the war-torn country, according to the state news agency SANA.
Syria coronavirus threat sparks broad UN containment effort
Apr 15, 2020, at 01:21 pm
New York/IBNS: The United Nations and its partners are doing their utmost to support a comprehensive, multi-pronged effort to stem the impact of COVID-19 in Syria, where the viral disease has claimed the lives of two people, sickened 23 others and presented epic challenges for ensuring the smooth delivery of life-saving assistance.
Humanitarian situation in Syria’s Northeast, refugee camps still serious: ICRC
Jan 27, 2020, at 05:16 pm
Davos/Sputnik/UNI: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) considers the situation in refugee camps in northeastern Syria to be very concerning, ICRC President Peter Maurer told Sputnik.
More children killed by unsafe water, than bullets, says UNICEF chief
Mar 22, 2019, at 07:29 am
New York, Mar 22 (IBNS): A lack of safe water, is far deadlier for children than war in more than a dozen conflict-affected countries, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday, in a report launched to coincide with World Water Day, marked on 22 March.
Syria: WHO appeals for funding to sustain critical health care for millions trapped by conflict
Aug 21, 2018, at 09:11 am
New York, Aug 21 (IBNS): 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.
UN agencies 'shocked and saddened' by vaccination deaths in Syria
Sep 20, 2014, at 05:51 pm
New York, Sept 20 (IBNS) 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
May 21, 2014, at 05:41 pm
New York, May 21 (IBNS): 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 are destroyed or non-functional, even as life expectancy is on the rise for Palestinians in the region with a growing ageing population suffering from sedentary lifestyles.