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WHO in Syria
Priority areas
WHO continues to provide humanitarian health support while helping strengthen essential functions for long-term recovery.
Ensuring access to healthcare
Ali carries his 8-year-old son Abdelkarim through the crowded corridor of Menbij National Hospital after the boy received urgent care for a fracture
WHO helps keep hospitals and primary healthcare centres running by providing medicines, medical equipment, and essential supplies. In areas where services have collapsed, WHO partners with national NGOs to ensure people continue to receive lifesaving care — including emergency services and treatment for communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
Building health security and preparedness
WHO-supported Early Warning, Alert, and Response Network (EWARN) surveillance team during a field visit in rural Aleppo
WHO strengthens surveillance, early warning systems, outbreak response, and emergency readiness in close coordination with the Ministry of Health, helping communities and health facilities better withstand future shocks.
Protecting health and preventing disease
Child receiving polio vaccination at a health center in Daraa during the Big Catch-Up vaccination campaign conducted across Syria
WHO supports vaccination, health education, community outreach, and public health programmes that prevent illness and reduce avoidable health risks. This includes strengthening maternal and child health, vaccine-preventable disease control, and mental health support through national delivery systems.
Rebuilding and strengthening Syria’s health system
Marrat Al Numan primary health care centre before rehabilitation
WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health to reinforce the foundations of Syria’s health system by rehabilitating facilities, expanding and upskilling the health workforce, improving national supply chains, strengthening management and financing capacities, enhancing digital and information systems, and supporting the delivery of essential services nationwide.
