Syrian American Medical Society

Syrian Refugee Crisis

Syria’s Newly Displaced Strain a Health System Already in Crisis

Dr. Ikram Haboosh, an obstetrician, performs a surgery at Idlib National Hospital. Dr. Haboosh cares for a population of primarily displaced women and children. (Photo courtesy of the Syrian American Medical Society)

Syrian Refugee Crisis

Birth Amid Bombings: How Syria’s War Punishes Women

A Syrian American Medical Society health provider inspects a damaged building in northwestern Syria. The group is one of the few remaining groups working in the area, since many have left due to an escalation of aerial attacks since April 2019. (Photo courtesy of SAMS)

Syrian Refugee Crisis

In Northern Syria, Destruction and Displacement Confront Health Workers

Medical staff prepare medication at the SAMS Oncology Center in Idlib, Syria. The facility is filling a gap for patients that would otherwise have to travel long distances for cancer care, or forgo treatment altogether. (Photo courtesy of SAMS)

Syria

Bringing Cancer Care to a Conflict Zone

A mother and baby spend time at the Danja Fistula Center in Southern Niger. Direct Relief is committed to supporting healthy births around the world, and is working to equip local healthcare providers. (Photo by William Vazquez)

Maternal Health

Celebrating Moms and Midwives Around the World

A shipment of critical insulin for the Syrian American Medical Society is staged for pickup in temperature-controlled packaging at Direct Relief’s warehouse in California on April 17, 2018. (Martin Calderon/Direct Relief)

Syrian Refugee Crisis

Insulin Reaches Syrian Children with Diabetes

SAMS doctors provide crucial care to refugees.

Syrian Refugee Crisis

Direct Relief Equips Syrian Doctors with Chemical-Weapons Antidotes, Protective Gear

A SAMS doctor provides crucial care to refugees while on a medical mission with SAMS. (Syrian American Medical Society photo)

Syrian Refugee Crisis

Direct Relief Working to Protect Frontline Healthworkers from Deadly Gas Attacks in Syria

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Covid-19

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Preparing for Disasters in the Age of Covid-19

Staff with Ampla Health Care conduct Covid-19 testing at a drive-through site in Yuba City, California. The site was provided with protective gear from Direct Relief. (Photo by Renée C. Byer/ZUMA Wire)

Covid-19

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Direct Relief staff load shipments, including emergency medicines and supplies bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, into a FedEx vehicle Tuesday. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief photo)

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