HEALTH CLUSTER BULLETIN May 2021 Fig: a Health Care Worker in NWS Receiving His First Dose of Astrazeneca Vaccine
HEALTH CLUSTER BULLETIN May 2021 Fig: A health Care worker in NWS receiving his first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine, Turkey Cross-Border produced by the Serum Institute of India. Emergency type: complex emergency Reporting period: 01.05.2021 to 31.05.2021 3.1 MILLION 12.4 MILLION* 4.2 MILLION** 10 ATTACKS*** PEOPLE IN NEED OF PEOPLE IN NEED OF SYRIAN REFUGEES AGAINST HEALTH CARE HEALTH ASSISTANCE HEALTH ASSISTANCE IN TURKEY (***JAN - MAY 2021) * figures are for the Whole of Syria in 2020 IN NWS HNO 2021 ** Source UNHCR ( (All figures are for the Whole of Syria) HIGHLIGHTS ▪ On May 1st, the COVID-19 vaccination campaign 133 HEALTH CLUSTER MEMBERS was kicked off in northwest Syria (NWS). The first 42 IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS REPORTING 2 batch of AstraZeneca vaccine, produced by the MEDICINES DELIVERED TREATMENT COURSES FOR COMMON Serum Institute of India, will target 21,313 health 70,318 DISEASES care workers, 25,000 non-health community FUNCTIONAL HEALTH FACILITIES HERAMS workers in addition to high-risk population groups FUNCTIONING FIXED PRIMARY HEALTH with associated chronic comorbidities. The total 181 CARE FACILITIES target to be vaccinated with the first batch is 72 FUNCTIONING HOSPITALS 855,000 people (to cover 20 % of the population). ▪ Until May 31st, a total of 137,577 RT-PCR tests 83 MOBILE CLINICS 3 carried out in NWS, 23,541 laboratory-confirmed HEALTH SERVICES cases of COVID-19 were detected, 673 were COVID- 873,258 CONSULTATIONS DELIVERIES ASSISTED BY A SKILLED 19’s associated deaths and 2,644 recovered. 8,438 ATTENDANT ▪ On May 31st, on the “World No Tobacco Day”, the 17,657 REFERRALS World Health Organization (WHO) echoed its voice 949,340 MEDICAL PROCEDURES supporting people quitting tobacco to reduce their 29,700 TRAUMA CASES SUPPORTED risk of severe COVID-19.
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