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Article
17 January 2023
Mobile clinics provide health care in remote communities
UNICEF supports health teams to help vulnerable families in Deir ez-Zor
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Report
18 August 2022
Evaluation of the infant and young child feeding programme
UNICEF’s response to the ongoing nutrition needs of infants and young children in Syria
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Blog post
04 August 2022
Breastfeeding: good for the mama, good for the child!
Education and support key in stepping up for breastfeeding
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Article
03 August 2022
From weakness to strength; marking World Breastfeeding Week
The story of a mother’s determination to grow a healthy baby
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Photo essay
19 August 2021
Helping mothers follow optimal infant feeding
UNICEF-supported health centres offer individual counselling and group awareness-raising sessions
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Photo essay
22 December 2020
UNICEF and partners wrapped up an immunization campaign.
Reaching over 120,000 children. Thanks to contributions from (GAVI), (FCDO) and (OFDA).
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Photo essay
20 December 2020
UNICEF concluded national routine immunization campaign
Aiming to reach over 400,000 children under the age of five.
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Photo essay
20 December 2020
UNICEF concluded a national routine immunization campaign.
Reaching over 7,000 children with routine vaccines considering precautionary measures against COVID-19. Thanks to contributions from GAVI, (FCDO) and (BHA).
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Photo essay
14 December 2020
UNICEF reached families left Rukban with health services.
Thanks to contributions from Japan, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA).
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Photo essay
28 October 2020
UNICEF supports an immunization campaign against polio
Over 545,000 children under five was reached with lifesaving vaccine, thanks to WHO and partners.
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Photo essay
26 September 2020
UNICEF is offering awareness-raising sessions
Including consultations, immunizations, preventive and curative malnutrition services, young childhood feeding and exclusive breastfeeding.
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Photo essay
16 September 2020
UNICEF provides health and nutrition to children and mothers
Essential services continue despite COVID-19 restrictions
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Press release
24 August 2020
The European Union contributes €1.5 million to UNICEF COVID-19 response for vulnerable children and families in Syria
More than one million people to benefit from improved access to life-saving services across the country
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Photo essay
27 July 2020
UNICEF supports children and families in rural Deir-ez-Zor
Over 12,000 children and mothers benefited from pediatric and maternity health services, thanks to generous support from Japan.
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Photo essay
12 March 2020
Children in Damascus vaccinated against polio
Over 200 volunteers went door-to-door informing caregivers of vaccine and talking to families about the safety and importance of vaccines.
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Photo essay
19 November 2019
UNICEF provides health and nutrition services
Over 22,500 people in Deir-ez-Zor supported by a fixed health and nutrition center in the city and a mobile team
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Photo essay
27 October 2019
UNICEF supports children and families in Al-Hasakeh
Children screened for malnutrition, received nutritional supplements through UNICEF-supported fixed health centres awareness-raising sessions.
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Photo essay
07 October 2019
UNICEF supports vulnerable families in eastern Ghouta
Over 87,800 vulnerable children and women reached with health and nutrition services through supporting two fixed medical centers and two mobile health team
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Blog post
07 August 2019
Volunteers support new mothers to breastfeed their newborns.
“We first meet mothers right after delivery, to help them initiate breastfeeding during the first hour of the baby’s life,” explains Riham.
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Photo essay
05 August 2019
promoting optimal infant and young child feeding practices
More than 850 health centers and 50 mobile teams to provide caregivers across Syria with the needed guidance to correctly feed their young children.
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Blog post
05 August 2019
UNICEF helps improve infant and young child feeding practice
#worldbreastfeedingweek
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Photo essay
12 May 2019
UNICEF-supported hospital referrals programme in Syria
UNICEF has assisted children and their families with support from U.K’s Department for International Development (DFID).
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Photo essay
01 May 2019
UNICEF reaches unvaccinated children in Hama
As marking World Immunization Week, the national immunization campaign aiming to reach over 2.7 million children across Syria
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Blog post
01 May 2019
UNICEF supports spreading the #VaccinesWork message
Empowering women is critical to improving vaccines coverage
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Article
08 April 2019
Supported mobile teams treat malnourished children in Syria
“I started noticing that Bayan is much thinner than her sisters were at her age,”
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Article
07 April 2019
A Syrian mother’s journey to support her children; Malak’s s
“I worked until the day I gave birth, and immediately after delivery. It was exhausting,”
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Blog post
08 August 2018
For every child, the healthiest start to life
World Breastfeeding Week 2018
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Photo essay
24 May 2018
Basic health care for children displaced from Afrin
ECHO in partnership with UNFPA and the Monastery Saint James the Mutilated provides basic health care for children and families displaced from Afrin
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Photo essay
24 May 2018
UNICEF supports families displaced to Nashabiye, Syria
More than 3,000 people have sought shelter in three schools in Nashabiye on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, after fleeing east Ghouta.
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