Syrian American Medical Society

Syrian Refugee Crisis

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

February 25, 2020

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

December 19, 2019

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

October 27, 2019

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

July 5, 2019

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

May 9, 2019

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

April 26, 2018

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