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EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian crisis
  • News article
  • 20 May 2019
  • Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
  • 1 min read

Supporting Syrian refugees in Turkey with the health services and guidance they need

With Syria’s health-care system shattered by years of conflict, patients with chronic diseases have seen their much-needed treatments interrupted. In Aleppo, Mohammed watched in desperation as his daughter Vale failed to receive the blood transfusion...

With Syria’s health-care system shattered by years of conflict, patients with chronic diseases have seen their much-needed treatments interrupted. In Aleppo, Mohammed watched in desperation as his daughter Vale failed to receive the blood transfusion needed to treat thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder commonly found across Syria and other parts of the Middle East.

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Publication date
20 May 2019
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Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations