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March, 2016

  • 8 March

    New nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign to start Sunday

    Damascus, SANA – A new anti-polio vaccination campaign that is to last for several days will be launched next Sunday. The campaign is meant to target 2.8 million children around …

  • 6 March

    Talks with Cuban Ambassador to supply Syria with necessary medicines

    Damascus, SANA – Health Minister Nizar Yazigi discussed with Cuban Ambassador in Damascus Rogerio Manuel Santana Rodriguez the prospects of developing health cooperation between the two countries, mainly in helping …

  • 3 March

    Exhibition and conference on latest medical advances and researches

    Damascus, SANA – The Syrian Doctors Syndicate opened on Thursday its first regular scientific conference in 2016 in al-Assad University Hospital in Damascus with the participants of specialists and pharmaceutical …

  • 3 March

    3600 more health packages distributed to displaced people of Yarmouk Camp

    Damascus, SANA – 3600 more health packages were distributed to the displaced locals of Yarmouk Camp neighborhood on Wednesday after a similar amount was delivered to them a day before. …

  • 3 March

    Deir Ezzor Health Directorate: 80 % of medicines are available

    Damascus, SANA – 80 % of medicines are available for Deir Ezzor Health Directorate, Abd Najm al-Obeid, the directorate’s head, affirmed in a statement to SANA. The health services provided …

February, 2016

  • 24 February

    Cooperation agreements signed between Syria and Russia in health and medical education

    Moscow, SANA- Syria and Russia signed on Wednesday in Moscow a number of cooperation agreements in health and medical education, especially in treating fractures, nerve trauma, speech language pathology and …

  • 17 February

    Health Minister: Pharmaceutical industry is recovering

    Damascus, SANA – The 23rd Conference of the Pediatricians Association kicked off in Damascus on Wednesday. The participants will discuss during the two-day conference issues related to respiratory tract infections, …

  • 14 February

    Aleppo Governor discusses cooperation with UNECEF and WHO

    Aleppo, SANA- Aleppo Governor Dr. Mohammad Marwan Olabi discussed with Hanaa Sanjar, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Resident Representative in Damascus fields of joint cooperation in terms of supporting …

  • 11 February

    Health Minister: Syria adopted strategic plan to confront polio

    Damascus, SANA-Health Minister Nizar Yazigi affirmed on Thursday that Syria has adopted a strategic plan to deal with polio and make the county free from the disease. The Minister, meeting …

  • 8 February

    People’s Assembly discusses health sector issues

    Damascus, SANA – The People’s Assembly discussed in its session on Monday the performance of the Health Ministry in light of the circumstances spawned by the current crisis and the …