World Health Organization
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Organisation mondiale de la Santé

Beyond the bullets and bombs: Saving the lives of chronic disease patients living in conflict settings

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Dr Tasnim Atatrah of WHO Gaziantep checks boxes holding supplies to treat noncommunicable diseases like asthma, diabetes, and hypertension. WHO Gaziantep ships the supplies from Turkey to clinics in northwest Syria

Beyond the bullets and bombs: Saving the lives of chronic disease patients living in conflict settings

23 November 2017 – The World Health Organization has developed a new health kit to support treatment for chronic disease patients in emergency settings. Three years after the kit’s conceptualization, the first shipment of six kits, enough for 60,000 medical treatments, has been delivered cross-border from Turkey to northern Syria.

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