KEY 2023 MEDICAL FIGURES
1,191,600
outpatient consultations
32,600
individual mental health consultations
13,600
births assisted, including 2,980 caesarean sections
In Syria, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides vital healthcare to people who are displaced and living in extremely vulnerable conditions.
Nearly 12 years of conflict have eroded the health system in northern Syria. People living in the area, including refugees and those who have been displaced, face daily challenges to access essentials, including clean water and healthcare.
In Idlib and Aleppo governorates, our teams provided critical medical humanitarian assistance. At the same time, we supported six hospitals offering a range of specialist services, ran a burns facility, supported 12 general healthcare centres and operated 11 mobile clinics that delivered essential medical care to displaced people living in remote and inaccessible areas. Our teams also managed two clinics for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), facilitated patient referrals through ambulances and provided water, sanitation and hygiene services in more than 100 camps.
In northeast Syria, where the health system relies heavily on international support, MSF supported general healthcare clinics, offering care for patients with NCDs; mental health programs; inpatient and outpatient feeding centres and an emergency room. We also ran a water purification plant to supply safe drinking water for people living in Al-Hol camp, which is currently home to over 40,000 people, mostly women and children.
In February 2023, powerful earthquakes hit the south of Türkiye and northwest Syria, killing over 59,000 people and injuring many more. Homes and infrastructure, including medical facilities, were severely damaged. Having a long-established presence in northwest Syria, our teams quickly responded, distributing trauma kits, rehabilitating healthcare facilities and sending mobile teams to affected areas. MSF delivered over 40 trucks of medical and essential items. We donated relief items to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, and medical and non-medical equipment to 30 hospitals in the region. We also sent medical equipment to around 10 hospitals in Bab Al-Hawa, Darat Izza, Idlib Atarib and other locations.
