Syria: Health Sector Bulletin June 2026 Special Edition SHF Standard Allocation

Country: Syrian Arab Republic Sources: Health Cluster, World Health Organization Please refer to the attached file. 1. Current humanitarian health situation Syria’s health sector continues to operate in a protracted, multi-layered humanitarian crisis marked by large-scale displacement, returns, weak service functionality, disease risks, underfunding, and growing pressure on already overstretched public health services. As of late May 2026, Syria had around 5. 54 million IDPs, with more than 1. 9 million IDP returns recorded. Around 870, 000 people remain in 1, 275 IDP sites, including a high proportion of women and children and an estimated 30, 000 persons with disabilities. These population movements are increasing demand for essential health services in areas where health system capacity remains limited. The main gap is the limited functionality of the health system. Only 57% of hospitals and 37% of primary health care centers are fully functional. This creates major barriers to equitable access to the minimum package of health services, especially for displaced people, returnees, women, children, persons with disabilities, people with chronic diseases, and communities in high-severity or underserved sub-districts. Health access remains a serious concern: recent assessments show that 72% of communities still report problems accessing health care, with major gaps linked to lack of medicines, unaffordable care, long waiting times, distance, safety concerns, and uneven geographic coverage. Mobile medical team coverage is also inconsistent, with 32% of communities reporting no recent mobile team visits.

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