mHealth for Improving Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Management in the Syria Crisis

Access to and quality of health services are major concerns in conflict settings where destruction of health facilities and loss of health professionals limit capacity. Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict, there have been 485 attacks on health facilities and 60% of hospitals are destroyed or seriously damaged (1,2). Innovative approaches to supporting facility and community care using para-professionals are urgently needed given significant losses of health facilities and staff (1,2).