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Since the first earthquake of 6 February, 97,400 households have been displaced. The number of collective shelters and their residents continues to fluctuate.
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Suspected cholera cases continue to increase, particularly in northwest (NW) Syria. Meanwhile, early this week 34 measles cases were confirmed in Aleppo.
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Together with WHO, UNICEF and partners are rolling out an oral cholera vaccine campaign (OCV), which commenced on 7 March. As of 13 March, 1.2 million individuals were reached, with the aim to reach 1.7 million individuals in NW Syria by 17 March.
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UNICEF is also supporting the Aleppo Department of Health’s multiantigen National Immunization Days (NIDs), which will help in containing the measles outbreak. In NW Syria, a measles rubella[1]oral polio vaccine (MR-OPV) campaign is planned in the coming days, targeting 733,000 children aged 6-59 months with MR vaccine and 815,000 children 0-59 months with OPV.
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As of 14 March, 62,284 highly vulnerable people (12,287 families) in affected areas of Aleppo and Hama received emergency cash assistance to support them meet their basic needs. Results from the first rapid post-distribution conducted among beneficiaries in Aleppo governorate indicate that over 40 per cent of the cash was used by families for house repairs and rent.
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All key sectors remain significantly underfunded, particularly emergency cash transfers, health, nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) – resource constraints are hindering further scale up of the response.
Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs
According to local and government sources, about 6,000 people have reportedly been killed and more than 12,000 injured across Syria as a result of the multiple earthquakes that hit parts of Syria and Türkiye on 6 February. More than 8.8 million people, including 3.7 million children and pregnant and lactating women, have been affected and many are now in urgent need of water, shelter, food, and emergency medical and psychosocial assistance.
Since the first earthquake of 6 February, 97,400 households have been displaced.4 The number of collective shelters and their residents continues to fluctuate as humanitarian partners work to rehabilitate shelters, support the reopening of schools that have been used as shelters and install additional WASH facilities to ensure basic hygiene and minimum privacy requirements are met.
Soaring prices and insufficient income means millions of families are struggling to make ends meet, amid an unparalleled economic crisis. According to the WFP Syria Weekly Market Update, nominal food prices remained high in the affected areas. The price of bread increased by 20 per cent, week-on-week, in Aleppo, and six per cent in Hama and Idleb.
Soaring prices were observed for lentils, oil, sugar and rice across the governorates.
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), despite various calls for a country-wide ceasefire to enable the swift, safe and effective delivery of aid and relief to those impacted by the earthquake, hostilities in earthquake affected areas have unfortunately not halted. Following a temporary lull in armed confrontations in the days immediately following the earthquake, airstrikes and mutual ground-based strikes have resumed at a regular pace. Furthermore, earthquakes have also been known to shift landmines and other unexploded ordnance, thereby increasing the risk of displaced children and families encountering unexploded ordnance, especially when on the move.