WHO’s office in Damascus supports EWARS by covering the telecommunications and travel costs of EWARS staff as well as the cost of collecting lab specimens and transporting them to the reference laboratory in Damascus. In northwest Syria, WHO’s office in Gaziantep supports capacity building for surveillance officers. In 2019, this included a series of training courses on different topics.

WHO’s office in Damascus supports EWARS by covering the telecommunications and travel costs of EWARS staff as well as the cost of collecting lab specimens and transporting them to the reference laboratory in Damascus. In northwest Syria, WHO’s office in Gaziantep supports capacity building for surveillance officers. In 2019, this included a series of training courses on different topics.