Highlights
Almost 2.5 million children below the age of five are being immunized against polio and measles as part of a national campaign in the Syrian Arab Republic.
During a UN interagency assessment mission to Al Raqqa city in the north of the country, health professionals reported shortages in essential medicines, specialized doctors and health staff.
A nutrition survey on displaced Syrians in Lebanon shows that 6.8% of children under 59 months are at potential risk of malnutrition.
Lebanon’s prime minister held a high-level meeting with potential donors and UN agencies to present the Government of Lebanon’s response plan to the Syrian Crisis and identified a funding gap of more than US$ 178 million, of which 44% has been requested by the Ministry of Public Health for the health response.