Humanitarian Bulletin Syria Crisis July - August 2015

UNFPA-assisted partners delivered around 400,000 reproductive health and gender-based violence-related services in Syria during the months of July and August 2015.

In Lebanon, UNFPA launched the results of a rapid assessment of ‘Women’s Socio-Economic Empowerment;’ organized awareness sessions on different reproductive health related issues for 4,923 women, and delivered 5,250 condoms to the Ministry of Health for distribution among Syrian refugee men.

In Jordan, UNFPA provided reproductive health services to 33,756 Syrian refugees, and organized gender-based violence-related recreational activities and self-reliance and skills training for 10,829 women, girls, men and boys. 

In Iraq, UNFPA provided 4,129 reproductive health services to women and girls, supported the delivery of 574 babies, and managed 174 Caesarean section deliveries.