Month: November 2019

Relief Experts participates in Copenhagen’s Senior Officials Meeting on Syria

Relief Experts participates in Copenhagen’s Senior Officials Meeting on Syria

Relief Experts as a main speaker from NW Syria hub

Relief Experts participated as a speaker at the Humanitarian Senior Officials Meeting on Syria, which was hosted by the Government of Denmark in Copenhagen between 19 and 20 November 2019.
The focus of the meeting was to address challenges in the Syrian humanitarian context, fostering a solution-oriented dialogue and discussing possible step forwards. The meeting represented a follow up of previous discussions held since 2018 in Oslo, Berlin and Geneva, and it was attended by donors, members of the Humanitarian Task Force and of the International Syria Support Group, all the members of the Strategic Steering Group and representatives of all humanitarian hubs.

During the two-day meeting, Relief Expert’s CEO, Dr. Hani Taleb, was part of the panel on NW Syria, represented the perspective of humanitarian health-focused NGOs, presented the main challenges in northwest Syria, and outlined solutions to preserve and improve the impact of health aid provided to the displaced population in Syria and the refugees in Turkey.

Relief Experts’ CEO as part of the panel on NW Syria
Together for better health

Together for better health

“We are rallying efforts in order to reach the widest range of Syrian and Arab refugees in Turkey”, Dr. Hani Taleb, UDER’s CEO.

Reaching the maximum number of refugees in Turkey with health education and advice on utilizing healthcare services is a challenge. Turkey hosts the largest number of Syrian refugees in the world, and they reside across the country in large cities and urban areas. The government of Turkey is providing a full range of health services to Syrian and Arab refugees, but these services are affected by barriers such as language, culture and social norms.

To maximize the impact of this project, UDER established a number of partnerships with local NGOs in Turkey to provide channels of communication with the wide refugee community, starting in Gaziantep and Istanbul. This effort is still far from reaching the maximum number of NGOs and civil society actors, but the network is growing every day.