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Health & Environment

January, 2015

  • 18 January

    Health Minister: No increase in prices of medicine

    Damascus, SANA – Health Minister Nizar Yazigi asserted that there is no increase in the prices of medicine and pharmaceutical products despite the unjust economic embargo imposed on Syria. Touring …

  • 18 January

    Workshop with UNICEF on protecting children against unexploded ordnance

    Damascus, SANA – Education Ministry and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) held a workshop on Sunday to discuss Syria’s national strategy to increase awareness of the dangers of unexploded …

  • 18 January

    Anti-polio vaccination campaign reaches 17,000 children in Homs

    Homs, SANA, An anti-polio vaccination campaign launched in hard-to-reach areas in Homs province reached 17,000 children. The five-day campaign, launched on January 4th in the hard-to-reach areas of Homs province, …

  • 15 January

    Syrian students in France express support to homeland

    Paris, SANA- Syrian students in France expressed support to homeland and pledged to fight terrorism by knowledge and action till Syria is decontaminated from terrorism. The students, in a statement …

  • 14 January

    Health, Social Affairs and Water Resources ministers discuss disease prevention measures

    Damascus, SANA- Ministers of Health, Social Affairs and Water Resources discussed ways to coordinate efforts for preserving public health in society and the necessary measures for preventing communicable and infectious …

  • 13 January

    School vaccination campaign launched in al-Waer neighborhood in Homs

    Homs, SANA – A vaccination campaign was launched Tuesday in a number of schools in al-Waer neighborhood in the city of Homs, targeting 3,000 students from 1st and 6th grades …

  • 12 January

    Health Minister: 700 health centers out of commission due to terrorism

    Damascus, SANA – Health Minister Nizar Yazigi on Monday inspected the healthcare services being provided in Abi Zar al-Ghifari and Adib al-Laham health centers in Damascus, asserting that the Ministry …

  • 10 January

    Health Minister, WHO representative discuss contagious and communicable diseases warning program

    Damascus, SANA – Health Minister Nizar Yazigi stressed the need to coordinate efforts in terms of contagious and communicable diseases warning program, response, and precautionary steps, particularly during winter. Meeting …

  • 6 January

    Sub-national vaccination campaign targeting 300,000 children continues

    Damascus, SANA- The Health Ministry continued its sub-national vaccination campaign which was launched on Sunday and which will continue until Thursday, Health Minister Nizar Yazigi said the campaign, which is …

  • 4 January

    Prime Minister: Work underway to relaunch pharmaceutical production

    Damascus, SANA – Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi on Sunday asserted that the government is working to relaunch production in the pharmaceutical industries sector and ensure the availability of pharmaceuticals in …