Cholera: the threat of an epidemic hangs over Syria
© iStockAs if the war wasn't enough. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a cholera epidemic will soon threaten ...
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Syria: Humanitarian aid finally arrives in Madaya
Red Cross and UN aid workers have started delivering life-saving relief to thousands of people in Syria's three besieged areas ...
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Polio: 440,000 children soon to be vaccinated in Syria
The Syrian authorities are launching a vaccination campaign intended to immunize 440,000 children, after 17 new cases recorded.Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, ...
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Syria: the use of sarin gas is “irrefutable”
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirms that sarin gas was used during the attack on Khan ...
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Chemical attack in Syria: “Children are the first victims”
INTERVIEW - Victims of the Khan Sheikhoun attack in Syria show symptoms of exposure to chemical agents. Caregivers are infected. ...
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Syria: 814 caregivers killed since the start of the conflict
The number of caregivers killed in Syria increased significantly in 2016, warns a study published in the Lancet.Six years. Six ...
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Polio returns to Syria
© iStockThe Global Polio Eradication Initiative, of which the World Health Organization (WHO) is a partner, said on June 8 ...
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Aleppo: medical NGOs demand a humanitarian ultimatum
Several NGOs have asked François Hollande for a humanitarian ultimatum to evacuate civilians from Aleppo. And point to the danger ...
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War: 26% of French people favor torture against an enemy
Seven in ten French people condemn torture, according to a survey. But almost 3 out of 10 people are still ...
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Syria: Médecins Sans Frontières forced to remote support
INTERVIEW - In Syria, the danger is such that Médecins Sans Frontières had to repatriate its international workers, and deploy ...
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Syria: a southern hospital destroyed by aerial fire
A hospital caring for 3,000 patients in Jassem, in southern Syria, was destroyed by aerial fire, according to Médecins du ...
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Syria: 300,000 residents of Aleppo deprived of humanitarian aid
In the east of the besieged city, civilians cannot get supplies or get medical treatment. Médecins du Monde calls on ...
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“Devil of Aleppo”: the disease spreads in Syria
Leishmaniasis, a skin disease transmitted by sandflies is spreading in Syria, where health infrastructure is destroyed.It takes on different nicknames, ...
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Aleppo: the last pediatrician in the city killed in a bombing
The air attack on Al-Quds hospital in Aleppo claimed the life of Dr Muhammad Wassim Maaz. He was the last ...
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Syria: one in three children has never known peace
Since the start of the Syrian conflict, 3.7 million children have been born. Among them, more than 300,000 children were ...
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Syria: victims and caregivers are afraid to go to hospital
In hospitals supported by MSF in Syria, there are 7,000 war dead and 155,000 wounded. The health structures are the ...
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Conflicts in the Mediterranean: WHO warns of epidemic risks
For years, armed confilts have shaken the region and shaken the health systems. The resurgence of cholera and measles threatens ...
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Cholera: the epidemic in Syria threatens to cross borders
Syria is facing a cholera epidemic that is hitting displaced populations and could spread to other countries.Syria, plunged into a ...
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Cholera threatens Syria
According to the WHO, a cholera epidemic is to be feared in the coming months in Syria, where cases of ...
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Syria: the destruction of hospitals erected as a weapon of war
In 3 years, the Syrian regime has destroyed nearly half of the hospitals and resulted in the death of more ...
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Nobel Peace Prize: a prize for the fight against deadly weapons
The Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. She fights in ...
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The emergency appeal of 50 doctors for their Syrian colleagues
Destruction of hospitals, attacks on doctors, epidemics, the situation in Syria alerts some fifty international doctors, including the 2011 Nobel ...
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Syria: “a humanitarian calamity”, according to the UNHCR
For the High Commissioner for Refugees, “Syria has become the great tragedy of this century”. Arguments that should weigh in ...
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