“I ran out of words. Our hospital is overflowing, we have no beds, no rooms, and no personnel left to receive this huge number of patients. I felt powerless.” – Dr. Ikram Haboosh, Director of SAMS Maternity Hospital in Idlib The humanitarian situation in northwest Syria is going from bad...
The Humanitarian Crisis in Northwest Syria: Currently, more than 3 million civilians are under threat in northwest Syria, nearly half of whom are children. Doctors and humanitarian workers perform their duties under constant threat of targeting, while also lacking the necessary supplies and resources. Since April 26, more than 700...
SAMS continues to closely monitor the humanitarian and medical situation in Idlib, a province in northern Syria and home to nearly 3 million Syrians, including 1 million children and half of whom have been displaced from other areas in Syria. SAMS has acted quickly to prepare for renewed conflict in...
In April 2018, actor and activist Amber Heard joined SAMS on a medical mission to Jordan. During the trip, Amber met Weam, 12. Weam lives in Jordan’s Al-Zaatari Refugee Camp, and she suffers from a life-threatening condition called thalassemia. When we met Weam, she had not received the lifesaving care that she needed in months...
Since the escalation of attacks on Dara’a governorate on June 19, 2018, more than 500 civilians have been injured and at least 350,000 Syrians have fled their homes, seeking safety at Syria’s borders. The intensified bombardment campaign over southern Syria has created the greatest displacement crisis since the beginning of...
For refugees, risk factors that worsen a kidney condition include a lack of dialysis supplies, lack of adequate nutrition, and toxic stress. Because of the high cost of treatment for dialysis patients, many refugees cannot afford the treatment and many have lost their lives. Over 300 displaced Syrian patients have...
In the last two years, more than half a million Rohingya refugees have fled persecution in Myanmar, seeking refuge in makeshift camps in Bangladesh. In order to respond to the growing need for medical care in Bangladesh, SAMS Global Response (SGR) partnered with a local medical organization Gonoshaathata Kendra (GK)...
“There are critical shortages of insulin, anesthetics, specific antibiotics needed for intensive care, serums, intravenous fluids and other blood products and vaccines.” – Elizabeth Hoff, WHO Representative in Syria Almost 1 out of 10 Syrians has diabetes. Of these, approximately half cannot manage their condition with diet alone and require...
The growth of Jordan’s Al-Zaatari camp has paralleled the continuing conflict in Syria. 80,000 refugees reside in the camp’s 12 districts, spanning 5.3 kilometres squared. It is the equivalent of Jordan’s fourth largest city. Over half of the camp’s population is under 24 years old, with 19.9% of the population...
Polio Vaccinations for Children in Syria A total of 232,771 Syrian children received vaccination during SAMS’s polio campaign in March and April of 2016. In partnership with UNICEF and WHO, SAMS launched its second polio vaccination campaign earlier this year to provide immunization against polio to children under the age of five...
Support the Families of Our Fallen Heroes “SAMS mourns the loss of our colleagues and exemplary physicians who dedicated their lives to helping others. The international community must have a zero tolerance of these violations of international humanitarian law,” – SAMS President, Dr. Ahmad Tarakji. Since the beginning of the conflict,...
