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Challenges of health care in the Syrian conflict
Challenges of health care in the Syrian conflict
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
: 10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The Syrian conflict is the worst humanitarian catastrophe of our time, with more than 200,000 people killed and 1.5 million injured. Many millions have been displaced. In the course of the conflict, health professionals and health facilities have been targeted, making humanitarian health assistance extremely challenging and dangerous. At the same time, health professionals working within Syria have work under dire conditions, with inadequate supplies, medication and staff, and are always in danger from attack. This presentation will describe the experience of providing health care in Syria, and the ways in which the Syrian American Medical Society seeks to meet medical neeeds of peole in Syria.
Learning Areas:
Provision of health care to the publicPublic health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Describe the nature of the Syrian conflict and its impact on civilians including attacks on civilians
Describe the means by which humanitarian health agencies seek to meet the needs of civilians in opposition-controlled areas.
Keyword(s): War, Health Care Access
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have extensive experience in providing health care in Syria
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.
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