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Media Release: WHO delivers life-saving medicines and surgical supplies to Ar-Raqqah governorate
Excerpt – Editor’s bolding
5 May 2014, Damascus – The World Health Organization (WHO) has supplied crucial medicines and medical equipment, including surgical supplies and dialysis sessions to Ar-Raqqah governorate in north central Syria to support over 117,000 vulnerable people.

Two trucks loaded with 40 metric tonnes of life-saving and noncommunicable disease medicines, as well as urgently needed medical and surgical equipment reached Ar-Raqqah on 4 May 2014 to support the local health authorities and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

“Since the beginning of this year, we have been focusing on reaching more people in hard-to-reach areas across the country,” Elizabeth Hoff, WHO Representative to Syria, said. She added that the population in Ar-Raqqah is in urgent need of health services and WHO is committed to working with all health partners to respond to their need….

…For the last round of the polio vaccination campaign in April , WHO and UNICEF supported local health authorities in Ar-Raqqah to vaccinate 233,201 children against polio reaching 97.5% of the targeted 239,000 children…