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in the country. Over 875,000 Syrians — 80 percent of them women and children — were forced to flee the northwest area between Dec. 1, 2019 and Feb. 17, 2020. That's 6,500 kids uprooted every dayThe displaced are cramming into cars or piling into trucks with whatever few possessions can fit. There is little or no food. Families are sheltering under tents or taking refuge in schools, mosques, abandoned buildings and shops.
Access to basic services such as health care, safe water and sanitation is either very limited or non-existent. Several children are reported to have died from exposure to freezing temperatures. "Such abject disregard for the safety and wellbeing of children and families ... must not go on." — Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director
A campaign to immunize children against measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases is also under way, focusing on children who may have previously missed out on vaccinations. In the northwest, UNICEF is currently the sole provider of vaccines as well as the cold-chain storage and other equipment needed to keep vaccines safe and effective.Malnutrition among children and pregnant and lactating mothers has increased.
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