Earthquakes and attacks on healthcare facilities in northwest Syria have left 2.3 million women and girls without access to medical care, particularly sexual and reproductive healthcare, leading to the deaths of children and mothers, a report has found (Taylor L, 2023).
Houssam al-Nahhas, researcher for the report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), said, “In Syria’s devastating war, women pay the highest price.
The fundamental human right to health – including being able to deliver a baby safely, to bring new life to the world – has been routinely violated in northwest Syria, where bombs have rained down on hospitals, and healthcare workers have been persecuted.”
The earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on 6 February killed 4500 Syrians and injured 8700.
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