Vaccines for Children under five for 2013 Provided

DAMASCUS,(ST)_ Health Minister Dr. Saad al-Nayef   stressed the ministry’s plan for 2013  ” met the   needs for vaccines for children under five years and supplies of reproductive health services and family planning for pregnant women “.

In a press statement during a tour with Elizabeth Hoff representative of WHO in Damascus on  Sunday  on Shaghour health  center, the minister added that the ministry is working to provide all varieties  of domestic and imported Pharmaceuticals, despite medicine factories  and trucks transporting the drug being  targeted by  armed terrorist groups.

“No  pandemic and epidemic or outbreak of any disease in Syria,”  the minister said, noting that there would be no  pandemic in the future thanks to the  ministry ‘s cooperation with health departments in all provinces to monitor health situation continuously through special tracking  committees .

In turn, Huff noted  “the quality services provided at Shaghour  health center for all citizens, free of charge,” arguing that it is necessary to provide these services in all regions and at the same quality.

She continued that WHO is  “working around the clock to support the efforts of the Ministry of Health and NGOs to provide medicines and medical services and contribute to lifting the suffering of the Syrian people under the current circumstances experienced by the country.”

Director of  Shaghour health center said  the center offers through ten general and specialized clinics and 15 specialists , medical services for children, women, the elderly and patients with diabetes and heart disease, and others.

He pointed out that the center  provides under the current circumstances  services for more  10 thousand people including  2250 displaced .

T. Fateh