MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 14 March 2015]
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Selected Press Releases/Field News
Syria: Medical Aid Paralyzed by Four Years of Conflict
March 11, 2015
AMMAN/NEW YORK—As the war in Syria enters its fifth year, desperately needed aid is failing to reach millions of people trapped by the conflict, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today.
The health system in Syria has been devastated by the ongoing conflict, and accessing essential medical treatment is almost impossible, either due to the lack of supplies and qualified medical staff, or because of attacks against medical structures. A large-scale international humanitarian effort is desperately needed in Syria, MSF said.
“Four years since the start of the Syrian conflict, the war continues to be characterized by acts of brutal violence that neither distinguish between civilians and combatants nor respect the protected status of health personnel and facilities,” said Dr. Joanne Liu, MSF’s international president. “It is unacceptable that humanitarian assistance is so limited when the death toll and the suffering of civilians has reached unbearable levels.”
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