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"The findings of this study amplify the voices of affected women and health care workers regarding SRH needs on the ground."

Over a decade of conflict has made Syria one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. A recent 7.8 earthquake has devastated communities even further.

Here are four reasons the IRC’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Syria at number nine among 20 countries most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in 2022.

Here are four reasons the IRC’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Syria at number nine among 20 countries most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in 2022.

Record numbers of people, many fleeing violence and persecution, need humanitarian aid. Learn about the world’s worst crises in 2022 and what can be done to help.

The situation for girls in places prone to conflict and crisis can change in an instant. When women and girls lack power in their homes and communities, every shock—whether armed conflict, drought, flood or COVID-19—inevitably affects them more than others.

May 7, 2021 Photo: Abdullah Hammam/IRC Mothers have a tough but rewarding job. For many mothers in Syria, that job is made even tougher by the impacts of over ten years of war. The decade-long conflict in Syria has forced millions of families to flee their homes and has decimated the economy and health system. As with any crisis, it’s women and children who face the greatest challenges. Many mothers must be sole caretakers, breadwinners, and pillars of strength for their children, some young ...

Syria reaches this grim milestone this month. The acute humanitarian emergency that has defined the country since 2011 continues to devolve as the endless conflict grinds on. The 6.7 million internally displaced people include an estimated 2.5 million children who have witnessed unimaginable horrors. They have had their lives turned upside down, and have seen everything that was familiar to them change in an instant—often many times over.  Syrian children have missed years of schooling. Educ...

The U.S., UK and the EU have each pre-purchased enough approved COVID-19 doses to vaccinate their populations more than twice over. These excess doses could vaccinate people aged 16 and over in all 20 countries on the IRC’s 2021 Emergency Watchlist. 46 million people over the age of 60 living in these countries are at immediate risk and most have little hope for a vaccine in 2021. COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out across the world, but billions of people in low- and lower-middle-income coun...