A Heavy Price to Pay: Attacks on Healthcare Systems in Syria 2015-2021
Since the start of the conflict in Syria, the world has witnessed the distressing reality of how perpetrators of violence...
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May 16, 2022
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November 1, 2021
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Oxygen Availability for Covid-19 Management in North West Syria
Under-resourced settings have faced inequitable access to essential medicines, vaccines, and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, including medical oxygen. In...
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July 15, 2021
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“No Place Is Safe for Health Care”: The Attack on Syria’s al-Atareb Hospital
On March 21, 2021, three artillery strikes hit al-Atareb hospital in the western countryside of Aleppo governorate. The missiles directly...
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July 7, 2021
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SAMS 2020 Annual Report
2020 was undoubtedly a challenging year for healthcare workers around the globe, yet it brought us together in ways we...
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May 5, 2021
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Ineffective past, Uncertain Future
Five years after the United Nations Security Council passed a landmark resolution 2286, committing countries to prevent attacks on health...
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July 16, 2020
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SAMS 2019 Annual Report
In 2019, SAMS continued to provide primary and specialized care in seven countries, with major operations in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon,...
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July 1, 2020
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DON’T LEAVE THEM ALONE: The future of the cross-border response in north west Syria
SAMS has joined thirteen Syrian and international NGOs in releasing a paper calling for the renewal of UNSC Resolution 2504, which facilitates...
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December 27, 2019
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“Northwest Syria: Winter at Doors”
“When the planes start flying near the hospital, we don’t know what to do. It’s our responsibility to protect the...
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December 22, 2019
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Forced Migration & Health Care Challenges in Protracted Crisis
SAMS hosted its 19th Annual International Conference in partnership with Charité University in Berlin on June 27- 29, 2019, with...
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June 17, 2019
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SAMS 2018 Annual Report
Since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, SAMS has been working on the front lines of crisis relief...
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April 25, 2019
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Reality Makes Our Decisions: Ethical Challenges in Humanitarian Health in Situations of Extreme Violence
“We have changed our places many times because of the fear of bombing…We have moved about four or five times...
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January 18, 2019
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Disrupted Health Care In Syria: The State of Reproductive Health
As the Syrian conflict enters its eighth year, the country’s healthcare system continues to be decimated and services disrupted. Medical...
