| No images? Click here   Monday, 5 February 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY: UPDATED LINKS One year since the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria Note to journalists: Links to resources on Türkiye and Syria have been updated On 6 February, it will be one year since a series of devastating earthquakes hit southern Türkiye and northern Syria, killing 50 000 people in Türkiye and 5900 in Syria. Tens of thousands more people were injured, and thousands of homes and public buildings, including hospitals, were damaged or destroyed. This was one of the biggest disasters in the region in recent times. In Türkiye, the national authorities coordinated a large number of medical evacuations and established field hospitals in the affected areas to provide care for the injured. In Syria, the earthquakes hit communities that had already been deeply affected during the 13-year long conflict-driven crisis. WHO supported both Türkiye and Syria by delivering health supplies, deploying experts, jointly coordinating the deployment of Emergency Medical Teams to affected parts of Türkiye, re-establishing and strengthening disease surveillance and outbreak response, and addressing mental health and psychosocial needs of the affected populations. The international community supported the government responses to reach people affected by the earthquakes. WHO has provided continuous support to the Government of Türkiye’s extensive health response over the past year, Syria remains one of the countries targeted by the WHO’s health emergency appeal this year, due to the protracted crisis affecting the country. The decline in funding for WHO’s life-saving work in north-west Syria is deeply concerning and could have a profound impact on the provision of essential health services, which could put the health of two million people at risk. See more information in web stories and social media from WHO’s regional offices for Europe and for the Eastern Mediterranean, and on headquarters channels: LINKS: EURO: Türkiye and Syria earthquakes (who.int) EMRO: WHO EMRO | Syria earthquake | Priority areas | Syria site Earthquake in Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic (who.int) Outbreak and Crisis Response Appeal 2023 (who.int) WHO flash appeal: Earthquake response in Türkiye and Whole of Syria WHO has photos available for media to use: EURO photo library https://photos.euro.who.int/category/59/trkiyesyria-earthquake-2023?tab=categories All EURO photos: WHO Europe Photo Library - Gallery Categories For WHO photos of the earthquakes’ impact and response in Northwest Syria: https://photos.emro.who.int/galleries/437/situation-in-northwest-syria-after-the-deadly-eart All EMRO Photos Library - Gallery Categories (who.int) EMRO photo library – rehabilitation care in Syria (March 2023) Video: Syria | WHO and partners are providing rehabilitation services in northwest Syria (youtube.com) Media have to register once with the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) photo library to access these photos. Link to register: EMRO Photos Library - New User Registration (who.int) https://photos.emro.who.int/myaccount; For questions email emphotos@who.int· Media contacts:  You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list.  |
Monday, February 5, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY: Updated links: One year since the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria
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