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Syria Civil Conflict
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Emergency
The deadly conflict in Syria has emerged as one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian crises:
- 4.5 million people displaced within Syria
- 2 million refugees fleeing the violence into neighboring Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, including 1 million children
- 6.8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance
- 100,000 people killed in the violence
As the civil conflict rages, Syrian hospitals and health centers are experiencing dangerous shortages in medicines.
While the tragedy unfolds, we continue to provide aid to partners who are working to reduce human suffering and address the urgent needs of Syrians, wherever they are.
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Response
In June, 2013, AmeriCares deployed an emergency response team to Jordan and Turkey to meet with partners working in the region and assess the urgent needs of Syrian refugees. A team was also deployed earlier in the crisis, in April, 2012. Our response to date includes:
- Five shipments of medical aid to partners delivering health care services at refugee camps in Syria, Turkey and Jordan, filling a crucial gap in health care needs. More than $2 million in medical aid has been delivered, including enough antibiotics and other medicines to treat an estimated 37,000 people.
- Two grants to help partners with local procurements of essential drugs and urgently needed medical equipment.
- $1.1+ million in medical aid to volunteer health care teams providing lifesaving medical care to Syrians in need throughout the region through our Medical Outreach Program.
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An emergency shipment of atropine to treat nerve gas poisoning is being rushed to our response partners – the latest in AmeriCares large-scale response to help families fleeing the violence in Syria.
A new shipment of emergency medical aid is being rushed to our response partners – the latest in AmeriCares large-scale response to help families fleeing the violence in Syria.
In response to a deadly escalation in violence, a massive flow of refugees from war-torn Syria and a dangerous shortage of medicines, AmeriCares is preparing new shipments of urgently needed medical aid and funding for partners in the region to help reduce suffering for families affected by the crisis.
A team of AmeriCares aid workers in the field have reported urgent medical gaps in Syria and neighboring countries, where our partners are providing crucial care and humanitarian aid to people fleeing the horrific violence.
As the deadly civil war in Syria rages, AmeriCares has provided more than $2 million in medical aid, including antibiotics, chronic disease medicines and wound care supplies to help countless patients in desperate need.
Stamford, Conn. - Sept. 5, 2012 - An AmeriCares emergency aid shipment from its Stamford, Conn., headquarters arrived in Jordan this week to assist Syrian refugees as they continue to stream into the country.
In response to a deadly escalation in violence in war-torn Syria and a rapidly growing need for medical care in refugee camps, a second AmeriCares shipment of urgently needed medical aid arrived on September 3 to help innocent families in crisis.
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