Türkiye Cross-Border Health Cluster Bulletin, January 2025

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Countries: Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye Sources: Health Cluster, World Health Organization Please refer to the attached file. HighlightsThe UN and its humanitarian partners are appealing for $1.2 billion to assist 6.7 million of the most vulnerable people in Syria through March 2025.The Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund (SCHF) allocated $28 million in its first Reserve Allocation, which aims to provide multisectoral assistance to 1.1 million people during the winter.Since December 2024, over 79,000 Syrian refugees have returned from Türkiye through seven border crossings.Idleb University Hospital has resumed providing free medical services after being rendered out of service due to a shelling attack in early December 2024.UNICEF and OCHA met with the local council of Al-Bab to discuss the challenges city residents face regarding access to safe drinking water.Entry for medical cases into Türkiye through the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing has resumed on a limited basis for non-emergency medical cases, while emergency medical cases are being processed normally.UNOCHA, WHO, and UNFPA conducted a joint mission to Jarablus in northern Aleppo, visiting a reproductive health hospital supported by UNFPA and the Syria Cross-Border Humanitarian Fund.From November 27, 2024, to January 26, 2025, the Syrian Civil Defense safely disposed of over 1,000 unexploded ordnance items and identified 134 minefields across various provinces in Syria.WHO conducted training for paramedics on mass casualty event and immediate trauma care in Azaz, northern Aleppo.In January 2024, a health cluster meeting took place in Gaziantep.