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31/10/2025

🌍 Help Shape the Future of Humanitarian Work

Are you a manager or coordinator in an NGO, UN agency, or humanitarian organization?
We’re conducting a brief 3-minute survey to identify the most significant challenges and service gaps in humanitarian operations, encompassing logistics, wellbeing, and innovation.

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Purpose: This short survey aims to identify the most pressing operational challenges and unmet needs faced by humanitarian organizations worldwide. Your insights will help inform the development of new products and services that strengthen humanitarian work.

23/07/2024

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18/05/2024

Our newly published article at Springer Nature, titled: The impact of humanitarian aid on financial toxicity among cancer patients in Northwest Syria
The research findings highlight that current models, while essential for immediate relief, are insufficient in addressing the long-term financial challenges faced by patients in Northwest . There’s a pressing need to rethink these aid strategies to include economic strengthening activities, cash assistance, vocational training, and educational initiatives. By aligning delivery with economic support through multi-sectoral collaboration, we can more effectively address both health and financial stability.
The study underscores the importance of a comprehensive approach to humanitarian aid, integrating financial protection strategies to support vulnerable populations facing high-cost chronic diseases amidst crises. It’s a call to action for policymakers, humanitarian organizations, and the global community to create a more robust support system for those in need.
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https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-024-11077-x

23/03/2024

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05/03/2024

Our new study explores the determinants of hesitancy and uptake in Northwest highlighting the challenges posed by the fragmented healthcare system in a zone. Despite the rollout of vaccines, acceptance remains low, with findings suggesting a significant knowledge gap and a lack of effective strategies by actors to boost uptake. The research underscores the ineffectiveness of risk communication and programs in increasing vaccine acceptance, suggesting a need for revising strategies to engage medical professionals more effectively and utilize evidence-based approaches to address vaccine hesitancy.

22/12/2023

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03/09/2023

Our latest study explores the governance challenges in Northwest Syria post-government withdrawal. We assessed the effectiveness of 'Central Bodies' in providing essential services and planning.
🔍 Key Findings: The governance of Central Bodies falls between 'very poor' and 'fair' on our scale, highlighting room for improvement. Key challenges include internal mechanisms, coordination, and lack of strategic vision.

Background Since the withdrawal of government forces from Northwest Syria due to the conflict, several national initiatives have aimed to create alternative governance approaches to replace the central governmental system. One of the recent initiatives was the formulation of so-called ‘Central Bod...

09/08/2023

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11/07/2023

Our new published article by Springer Nature Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.
In this , we develop a hybrid recovery framework of the World Health Organization (WHO) health system model, the five health system resilience dimensions, and country-specific EPHS for the context of Northwest taking into account the public health determinants that might hinder or contribute to the recovery of the health system.
Our framework is in line with the global definition of ER and health systems resilience dimensions. It falls within the New Way of Working ( ) elements and considers essential contextual challenges, including access, , political stability, politicization, governance, socioeconomics, coordination mechanism, humanitarian NGOs, Essential Package of Health Services EPHS, community engagement, existing capacity, and vulnerable groups. Additionally, it sets the Early Recovery ER Global Cluster criteria for integrating ER as transitional objectives toward system development.

The demonstrations in Syria in 2011 became an uncompromising conflict that divided the country into three main areas of control: governmental areas, northeast Syria, and Northwest Syria. A series of United Nations resolutions adopted in 2014 authorizing official cross-border humanitarian aid in oppo...

22/05/2023

It could be said that carelessness to the risk of disease in NWS is due to years of experiencing poor socio-economic conditions, fear of death, displacement, suffering, and loss of faith in a better future. Therefore, COVID-19 response in protracted emergencies must not be merely the delivery of medical services.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13623699.2023.2198894?fbclid=IwAR2NfEldTRQl7rnOyloaoqLAOnLvymFuHduTHdQuvBy1Xo825HCcnLkOYEo

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the burden on the collapsing health system in northwest Syria. The situation was exacerbated by the low rates of adherence to preventive measures and acceptance ...