Syria Humanitarian Emergency

A UNFPA midwife holds a baby.
UNFPA

Seven years into the conflict, civilians in many parts of Syria continue to endure unprecedented violence, suffering, and protection threats. Over 13 million people require humanitarian aid, among which UNFPA is targeting 3.8 million. The systematic removal of medical items from assistance destined for UN-declared besieged and hard-to-reach areas continues, with more than 600,000 medical items removed from or prevented from being loaded on UN inter-agency convoys in the first eight months of 2017. Since January 2018, UNFPA has supported 130 functional health facilities that provide Emergency Obstetric Care and functional primary health care facilities and trained over 700 personnel on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and gender-based violence (GBV). UNFPA is leading the GBV sub-cluster and the SRH / Minimum Initial Service Package working group in Syria.

Country Population: 18.5 mil
Level of Crisis:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Humanitarian needs

Total people in need
13.15 million
Women of reproductive age
3.29 million
Pregnant women
236,620
Young people
4.31 million
Last updated on - 01 September 2017
UNFPA

Humanitarian funding

Resources in $

Key results2017

  • People Reached
    Total people reached with all types of SRH services
    3,819,122
    People reached with Dignity Kits
    58,672
    Total people reached with Adolescent SRH
    295,047
    Total people reached with all types of GBV services
    332,803
    UNFPA-assisted safe deliveries
    131,420
    Affected population who directly benefited from all types of emergency RH kits
    223,986
    Women and girls accessing services provided through Service Delivery Points (SDPs) that are equipped with Post-Rape Kits
    164,469
    GBV survivors reached
    10,453
    Affected population reached with Family Planning services
    765,063
  • Services delivered
    Number of mobile clinics
    68
    Functional health facilities supported by UNFPA that provide Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC)
    55
    Number of safe spaces
    67
    Number of service delivery points supported that provide clinical management of rape
    35
    Maternity health facilities/tents/homes operationalized with UNFPA support
    945
    Dignity Kits distributed
    58,672
  • Capacity building
    Youth facilitators and volunteers trained on sexual and reproductive health
    368
    Personnel trained on Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care
    160
    Personnel trained on clinical management of rape
    141
    Personnel trained on psycho-social support
    392
    Health personnel trained on gender-based violence case management
    145

Emergencies updates and resources

Dashboards available for Syrian Arab Republic
Disclaimer
  • Results data are reported and updated as they become available.
  • - Targets and UNFPA's populations of concern, including women of reproductive age and pregnant women, are estimated using the MISP calculator.
  • - Funding estimates are based on country planning processes, including inter-agency humanitarian response plans and regional refugee and resilience plans.
  • L1: Humanitarian crises in which the national and international resources available in the affected country are sufficient for the required response.
  • L2: Humanitarian crises requiring significant support from neighbouring countries, regional organizations and possibly humanitarian agency headquarters.
  • L3: Major, sudden-onset humanitarian crises requiring mobilization across the humanitarian system.
  • Crisis levels are determined by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, a forum of UN and non-UN humanitarian partners.