Global Health NOW: Syria’s Lost Generation
“Syrian children risk becoming a ‘lost generation’ if they don’t receive medical care, psychological support, and education, according to representatives of groups grappling with how to protect children displaced by the Syrian civil war. … Speaking at a panel discussion Monday at Yale University, [Unni Karunakara, former international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF),] estimated that 70 percent of health facilities in Syria have been destroyed…” (Shufro, 10/7).