Syrian health minister opens five health centers in Idlib countryside
Idlib, March 10 (SANA) Syria’s health minister on Monday inaugurated five health centers in towns across the countryside of Idlib…
Health ministry receives shipment of medicines for Thalassemia and Kidney patients
Idlib, March 10(SANA) The Syrian Ministry of Health received On Monday, 10 trucks loaded with medicines and medical supplies designated…
Health minister inaugurates Manbij hospital, two health centers in Aleppo countryside
Aleppo, March. 8 (SANA) Health Minister Musab al-Ali on Sunday inaugurated the new Manbij Hospital in eastern Aleppo countryside in…
Syrian Arab Red Crescent completes health information system project
Damascus, March 7 (SANA) – The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), in cooperation with the Norwegian Red Cross, has completed…
Health minister, Raqqa governor discuss support for healthcare sector
Damascus, March 6 (SANA) Syrian Health Minister Musab al-Ali met with Raqqa Governor Abdulrahman Salama to discuss the state of…
On World Hearing Day, call for prevention and early detection of hearing loss
Damascus, March 3 (SANA) – Syria marked World Hearing Day on March 3 with renewed calls to strengthen prevention efforts…
Work underway to restore ten health centers in southern Idlib with UNICEF support
Idlib, March 2 (SANA) Ten health centers in the southern Idlib countryside are under restoration in cooperation with UNICEF after…
Smartphone photo processing may distort medical images, study warns
London, March 2 (SANA) Automatic image processing in smartphone cameras may distort medical photos and potentially affect diagnoses, according to…
Syria launches EU-, WHO-backed projects to boost primary healthcare
Damascus, Feb. 25 (SANA) Syria’s Health Ministry on Wednesday launched two European Union-backed projects aimed at strengthening primary healthcare services…
Damascus surgeons perform complex facial reconstruction at a University Hospital
Damascus, Feb. 23 (SANA) – Surgeons at Al-Mouwasat University Hospital in Damascus carried out a rare and complex facial reconstruction…
Cyprus imposes quarantine and mass culling after foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
Nicosia, Feb. 23 (SANA) Cypriot authorities have imposed a strict nationwide quarantine, halting the movement of livestock and animal feed,…
Syrian health authorities step up response to hepatitis A cases in several provinces
Damascus, Feb. 23 (SANA) Syria’s health authorities have intensified preventive measures after dozens of hepatitis A cases were recorded in…
Syrian health official outlines Ramadan fasting advice for people with diabetes
Damascus, Feb. 23 (SANA) A Syrian health official has issued guidance for people with diabetes planning to fast during Ramadan,…
Aleppo officials, Italian NGO UPP plan rehabilitation of 17 health centers
ALEPPO, Feb. 20 (SANA) Health officials in Aleppo on Thursday discussed plans with the Italian non-governmental organization Unione per la…
Al-Shaddadi Hospital in Hasakah resumes full operations
Damascus, Feb. 19 (SANA) Al-Shaddadi National Hospital in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province has resumed full operations and begun receiving patients…
Syria’s Health Ministry reopens renovated departments at al-Tall Hospital
Damascus, Feb. 19 (SANA) Syria’s Health Minister Musab al-Ali on Thursday reopened eight departments at al-Tall National Hospital near Damascus…
Syria, Türkiye discuss health cooperation and hospital projects in Ankara
Ankara, Feb. 17 (SANA) — Syrian Minister of Health Musab al-Ali held talks in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart Kemal…
IFRC president Says Coordinated Support Key to Syria’s Recovery
Damascus, Feb. 17 (SANA) — President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Kate Forbes…
Syria to increase healthcare funding for eastern provinces
Damascus, Feb. 17 (SANA) Syria’s health minister said on Monday the government would boost funding to strengthen healthcare services in…
WHO criticizes planned U.S.-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau
Geneva, Feb. 16 (SANA) The World Health Organization (WHO) has criticized a planned hepatitis B vaccine trial involving thousands of…
Emergency Minister, IFRC discuss updating Syria’s disaster management law
Damascus, Feb. 15 (SANA) - Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh discussed with International Federation of Red Cross…
Syrian health minister meets IFRC president to discuss health sector support
Damascus, Feb. 15 (SANA) Syrian Health Minister Musab al-Ali met on Sunday with Kate Forbes, president of the International Federation…
Health Minister tours Raqqa and Deir Ezzor to assess health sector rehabilitation
Raqqa, Feb. 15 (SANA) Syrian Health Minister Musab al-Ali visited Saturday Raqqa and Deir Ezzor provinces as part of the…
Red Crescent receives 8 ambulances from IFRC
Damascus, Feb.14 (SANA)-The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC)received eight modern ambulances provided by the International Federation of Red Cross and…
Health Minister visits Hospitals in Hasakah to assess and restore services
Hasakah, Feb. 13 (SANA) Syrian Health Minister Musab al-Ali visited al-Shaddadi Hospital in southern Hasakah on Friday as part of…
“Endless Giving” campaign targets 100 cardiac procedures in Damascus
Damascus, Feb. 12 (SANA) Qatari Ambassador to Syria Khalifa Abdullah Al Mahmoud visited the Heart Surgery and National University hospitals…
Syrian officials hold talks with U.S. firms on health sector investment in Dubai
Dubai, Feb. 12 (SANA) Syrian health officials held discussions with representatives of U.S. medical companies in Dubai on investment opportunities…
Syrian health ministry denies reports of deadly poultry disease
Damascus, Feb. 10 (SANA) Syria’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday denied reports circulating on social media that a deadly disease…
Syria’s Health Ministry discusses expanded EU engagement
Damascus, Feb. 9 (SANA) Syria’s Ministry of Health held talks on Monday with a European Union delegation on expanding the…
Syria launches “Shifa 2026” surgical campaign at Al‑Bayrouni Hospital
Damascus, Feb.8 (SANA) – The Ministry of Health on Sunday launched a specialized surgical campaign for soft‑tissue tumor operations using…
Azaz National Hospital in Aleppo serves thousands of patients monthly
Aleppo, Feb.7 (SANA) Azaz National Hospital in the Aleppo countryside is considered one of the largest medical facilities in northern…
Arab Health Board holds first Damascus meeting in 13 years
Damascus, Feb. 6 (SANA) The Arab Board of Health Specializations held its first scientific meeting in Damascus in more than…
UNICEF, Germany sign €15m agreement to improve water services in Syria
New York, Feb.5 (SANA) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the German government, through the Federal Ministry for Economic…
Syrian, Swedish officials discuss boosting cooperation in health sector
Damascus, Feb. 5 (SANA) Syrian Health Minister Musab al-Ali held talks on Wednesday with Tomas Bergnoholtz, senior adviser to the…
WHO says more than 18,500 patients in Gaza lack access to needed medical care
Geneva, Feb. 4 (SANA) More than 18,500 Palestinian patients in the Gaza Strip require specialized medical care that is not…
Syria’s Health Ministry, UNDP sign deal to rehabilitate five hospitals
Damascus, Feb. 3 (SANA) Syria’s Ministry of Health and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a memorandum of understanding…
Syria, WHO move to boost training and disease surveillance programs
Damascus, Feb. 1 (SANA) Syrian Minister of Health Musab al-Ali on Sunday discussed ways to strengthen health cooperation and technical…
Damascus Health Days 2026 conference opens to boost medical knowledge
Damascus, Feb. 1 (SANA) The scientific conference “Damascus Health Days 2026” opened on Saturday to enhance medical knowledge, improve healthcare…
WHO says child deaths from cold in Gaza signal worsening humanitarian crisis
Geneva, Feb. 1 (SANA) The head of the World Health Organization said on Saturday the deaths of at least 10…
Health Ministry discusses cooperation with JICA, shifting from aid to investment
Damascus, Jan.28 (SANA) Health Minister, Musab al-Ali, discussed on Wednesday with a delegation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)…
Syria moves to speed up medicine supplies
Damascus, Jan. 28 (SANA) Syria’s Ministry of Health and the General Authority for Ports and Customs discussed mechanisms to enhance…
Indian authorities step up preventive measures to contain Nipah virus
New Delhi ,Jan.27(SANA) A team of specialists from India’s National Institute of Medical Research has begun surveillance testing of bats…
Syria launches health plan to boost medical services in newly liberated areas
Damascus, Jan. 27 (SANA) Syria’s Ministry of Health has launched a comprehensive plan to rehabilitate and strengthen medical services in…
Saudi medical teams inaugurate volunteer projects in Damascus
Riyadh, Jan.26 (SANA) Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre said it has launched two medical volunteer initiatives…
Syria, Türkiye discuss expanded health cooperation
Damascus, Jan. 25 (SANA) Syrian Health Minister Musab al-Ali met with Turkish Ambassador to Damascus Nuh Yilmaz on Sunday to…
Health Minister announces rehabilitation of five hospitals across Syria
Damascus, Jan. 25 (SANA) Syrian Minister of Health Musab al-Ali confirmed that the ministry has begun preparations to rehabilitate five…
Syria’s Health Ministry delivers 20 dialysis machines to Raqqa hospital
Raqqa, Jan. 25 (SANA) Syria’s Ministry of Health has equipped the kidney unit at Raqqa National Hospital with 20 new…
Health and Foreign Ministries boost medical response in al-Hol Camp of al-Hasakah
Al-Hasakah, Jan.24 (SANA)-The Ministry of Health, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has carried out a field assessment…
Deputy Health Minister inspects medical facilities in Raqqa
Raqqa, Jan. 23 (SANA) Deputy Minister of Health for Health Affairs, Dr Hussein al-Khatib, inspected medical facilities in Raqqa on Friday,…
Health Ministry: Emergency ends and recovery begins in Aleppo, Deir Ezzor, and Raqqa
Damascus, Jan. 23 (SANA)The Ministry of Health announced on Friday the end of the state of emergency in the governorates…
Syria, Azerbaijan discuss expanding health cooperation
Damascus, Jan. 22 (SANA) Syria’s Health Minister Musab al-Ali met on Thursday with Azerbaijan’s chargé d’affaires in Damascus, Alnur Shah…
First pharmaceutical salt production line in Syria opens
Damascus, Jan. 22 (SANA) Health Minister Musab al-Ali inaugurated on Thursday the first pharmaceutical salt production line in Syria at…
Syrian Health Minister opens rehabilitated facilities in Homs Province
Homs, Jan. 22 (SANA) Syrian Health Minister Musab al-Ali on Wednesday inaugurated several renovated medical facilities in Homs, central Syria,…
Syria, WHO collaborate on national plan to combat addiction
Damascus, Jan. 21 (SANA) Syria and the World Health Organization (WHO) are working together on a national strategy to address…
Syria opens “Recovery Gate” addiction clinic in Darayya with WHO cooperation
Damascus, Jan. 20 (SANA) Syria’s Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), inaugurated on Tuesday an…
Damascus health sector boosted by new ambulances from King Salman Centre
Damascus, Jan.20 (SANA) Syria’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday received five ambulances provided by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and…
Syria’s Minister of Higher Education, WHO discuss cooperation to support health sector
Damascus, Jan. 20 (SANA) Syria’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Marwan al-Halabi, met on Monday with a visiting…
Syria signs three cooperation agreements to expand healthcare services
Damascus, Jan. 19 (SANA) The Syrian Ministry of Health signed three cooperation agreements on Sunday with Al-Ameen Organization to expand…
Syrian Health Minister holds talks with WHO on supporting health sector
Damascus, Jan. 18 (SANA) Syria’s Health Minister, Musab al-Ali, met Sunday with the World Health Organization’s Regional Director for the…
Syrian doctors from UK and US perform specialized heart surgeries in Idleb
Idleb Jan.16 (SANA) A team of Syrian doctors based in the United Kingdom and the United States is performing advanced…
Syrian-Swiss Talks on Strengthening Health Sector Cooperation
Damascus, Jun 14 (SANA) Health Minister Musab al-Ali met on Wednesday with Marion Weichelt Krupski, Head of the Swiss Mission…
Syria signs deal with Hematogenix to establish advanced cancer center
Damascus, Jan. 12 (SANA) Syria has signed a major agreement with global cancer research leader Hematogenix to create a cutting-edge…
Health Minister and UAE Ambassador discuss strengthening bilateral health cooperation
Damascus, Jan. 11 (SANA) Syrian Minister of Health, Musab al-Ali, met on Sunday with the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to…
Syria launches workshop to strengthen public health capacity
Damascus, Jan. 11 (SANA) Syria’s Ministry of Health launched a workshop in Damascus to implement the Field Epidemiology Training Program…
Aleppo Health : PKK terrorist organization expels medical staff from Yassin Hospital
Aleppo, Jan .10 (SANA) – Director of Health Department in Aleppo on Saturday condemned actions of the terrorist PKK organization…
Health Minister visits injured at al-Razi Hospital in Aleppo
Aleppo, Jan. 9 (SANA) Syria’s Health Minister Musab al-Ali visited al-Razi Hospital on Friday to check on civilians wounded in…
Syrian Ministry of Health condemns deadly shooting of medical staff in Homs
Damascus, Jan. 9 (SANA) The Syrian Ministry of Health condemned on Friday a deadly shooting that targeted medical staff and…
Syria’s Health Ministry raises readiness at government hospitals in Aleppo
Damascus, Jan. 9 (SANA) The Syrian Ministry of Health said it has raised readiness to maximum levels across all public…
Syrian-Saudi cooperation targets health sector development
Damascus, Jan.6 (SANA) Health Minister Musab al-Ali discussed Tuesday with Sultan al-Morshed, CEO of the Saudi Development Fund, and his…
Syria and UAE partner to boost emergency health preparedness
Damascus, Jan. 5 (SANA) Syria’s Ministry of Health signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday with the UAE-based Jaheziya Foundation…
Qatar Red Crescent expands support for Syria’s healthcare sector
Doha, 05 Jan.(SANA) The Qatar Red Crescent has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Syria’s healthcare sector by implementing a series…
Syria strengthens healthcare services, expands international partnerships in 2025
Damascus, Jan. 5 (SANA) In 2025, Syria’s Ministry of Health made significant strides in rehabilitating its healthcare system, restoring damaged…
Scientists develop “Human Lung-on-a-Chip” to study individual disease responses
London, Jan. 4 (SANA) Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in the UK have created an advanced “lung-on-a-chip” model using…
Stroke division opens at Tartous National Hospital
Tartous, Jan. 1 (SANA) A new stroke division opened at Tartous National Hospital with support from the Syrian American Medical…
Finance and Social Affairs Ministers visit Al-Biruni hospital for cancer care
Damascus, Dec. 28 (SANA) Accompanied by representatives from the Ministries of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Health, as well…
Al-Qusayr Field hospital in Homs receives new anesthesia machine
Homs, 28. Dec (SANA) Al-Qusayr Field Hospital in Homs province in central Syria has received a new anesthesia machine as…
Syrian Education Ministry launches national school vaccination campaign
Damascus, Dec. 24 (SANA) The Syrian Ministry of Education launched a national school vaccination campaign in several schools in Damascus,…
Syria health ministry partners with Action for Humanity on incubators
Damascus, Dec. 25 (SANA) The Syrian Ministry of Health signed a memorandum of understanding with the international humanitarian organization Action…
School vaccination campaign launched in Daraa city and countryside
Daraa, Dec.25 (SANA) A school vaccination campaign targeting first- and sixth-grade students of basic education was launched on Wednesday in…
Launch of “Shifa 3” campaign to provide free medical services in Syria
Damascus, Dec. 21 (SANA) The Ministries of Health and Higher Education and Scientific Research launched the medical “Shifa 3” campaign…
Syrian Health Minister inaugurates new health facilities in Idleb countryside
Idleb, Dec. 21 (SANA) Syrian Health Minister Musab al-Ali inaugurated a group of new health facilities in Idleb province on…
Syrian Health Minister visits Tripoli Hospitals during Arab Health Ministers’ Council
Tripoli, Dec 20 (SANA) Syrian Health Minister Musab Al-Ali paid a field visit on Saturday to several medical institutions in…
Health Minister stresses boosting health integration in facing common challenges
Tripoli, Dec. 19 (SANA) Syrian Health Minister Musab al-Ali affirmed that health is no longer merely a national matter but a…
The 63rd session of the Council of Arab Health Ministers kicked off in Tripoli
Tripoli, Dec. 19 (SANA) The 63rd session of the Council of Arab Health Ministers convened on Thursday in the Libyan…
Syria to adopt national disability strategy as part of public policy
Damascus, Dec. 19 (SANA) Syrian officials and experts concluded a two-day National Disability Conference in Damascus on Thursday calling for…
Ministry of Health: Seasonal Influenza behind rise in respiratory cases in Syria
Damascus, Dec. 18 (SANA) The Syrian Ministry of Health has reported a notable increase in acute respiratory illnesses in recent…
Syria, Libya discuss prospects for joint health cooperation
Tripoli, Dec. 17 (SANA) Health Minister Musab al-Ali discussed with Mohammed al Ghuj, Acting Minister and Secretary General of the…
WHO: New influenza variant surging, but vaccination remains the best defense
Geneva, Dec. 17 (SANA) The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of the rapid spread of a new influenza subtype…
National strategic health plan 2026–2028 launched in Damascus
Damascus, Dec. 15 (SANA) The Ministry of Health launched the National Strategic Health Plan 2026–2028 on Monday during a conference…
Syrian–Italian health cooperation to improve the quality of medical services
Damascus, Dec. 11 (SANA) Health Minister Musab al-Ali met Thursday with a delegation from the Italian Sant'Egidio Community, headed by…
