Rapports

Turkish Authorities Disrupting Water Supply; Syrian Government Obstructing Aid (Beirut) - Turkish authorities are exacerbating an acute water crisis that is believed to have given rise to the deadly cholera outbreak spreading across Syria and into nearby…

Epidemiological Overview Since the last situation report, the number of confirmed and suspected cases has risen. Suspected cholera cases (AWD) have been reported from all 14 governorates, of which 12 have reported cases that were positive by rapid diagnostic tests…

Current Situation According to the latest Epi data from WHO Syria, 75 deaths (case fatality rate 0.37%) and 20,014 suspected cases of cholera have been reported between 25 August and 15 October, of these 26% are children…

Epidemiological Overview Since the last situation report, the number of confirmed and suspected cases continues to rise. Suspected cholera cases (AWD) have been reported from all 14 governorates, of which 12 have reported cases that were positive…

Since September 2022, northeast and northwest Syria have been facing a major cholera outbreak. First linked to the contaminated water near the Euphrates River and the severe water shortage in the north of Syria, the outbreak…

Analysis of epidemiological data for the Whole of Syria A total of 200,056 confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in Syria between 22 March 2020 and 30 September 2022, of which 103,520 (51.75%) were reported from north-west Syria…

HIGHLIGHTS − WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean region, Dr Ahmad Al-Mandhari concluded a 4-day mission to Syria during which he met with senior officials and conducted a field visit to Daraa governorate to follow up…

Epidemiological Overview: Since the situation report issued on 26 September 2022, the number of confirmed and suspected cases continues to rise. A total of 13 of 14 governorates are now affected, compared with 10 during the last…

Established Information Sharing Mechanisms: • Daily contacts are maintained with the MoH and DoHs on operational and technical issues of the response. • Health sector situation updates are produced and shared twice a week. • WHO Syria AWD/cholera situation…

• 100% bi-weekly (18) national health sector coordination meetings conducted in Damascus. • 100% monthly sub-national health sector coordination meetings (Lattakia/Tartous; Aleppo/NWS; Qamishli/NES; Homs/Hama/Idleb; Deir-ez-Zoir). South remains being covered out of Damascus. • 6 sub-sector working groups activated: RH,…