From May 2020 and until April 2021, Un Ponte Per through its project 'Life-saving and life-sustaining health assistance to the war-affected population in NES, Phase V', funded by the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), has initiated a new intervention aimed at providing life-saving health care to the most vulnerable population in North East Syria, in the provinces of Raqqa, Hassakeh, Deir er Zor and Aleppo. Conflict and displacement continue to affect the NES, while needs have increased due to the Covid-19 epidemic and the non-renewal of UNSCR 2504 (January 2020), which has had a devastating impact on the provision of health services, especially in remote areas and camps for displaced people.
The intervention aims to improve - through synergy with the local partner organisation Kurdish Red Crescent (KRC) and the local authorities - the health conditions and save the lives of war-affected people by restoring decent living conditions.
The specific objective of this 5th phase is to improve the population's safe access to comprehensive and quality life-saving care, as well as to obstetric, reproductive health and specialised care services in response to the Covid- 19 emergency. The implemented system will support 5 local health centres, 2 Mobile Units, 2 public hospitals, as well as a dense network of ambulances (50) of the local partner KRC.
The aim is to reach almost 150,000 war-affected people, including returnees, IDPs, refugees and host communities, with health services. Through an integrated strategy of health, awareness and protection services, the aim is to strengthen the self-protection and resilience capacity of one of the world's most harassed communities.
