SOLAR-POWERED HOSPITALS AIM TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES IN SYRIA The Syria Solar Initiative by the medical charity UOSSM (Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations) aims to eventually provide reliable electricity to all medical facilities in the country.   Continue reading

Eiffel Tower goes dark for Aleppo On Thursday, a medical humanitarian convoy, loaded with equipment and chartered by theUnion of Medical Relief Organizations (UOSSM), will depart Paris and head to Aleppo. The UOSSM was created by Franco-Syrian doctors in 2012 at the beginning of the Syrian civil war to help the populations affected by the conflict. Continue reading

Canadian-supported health clinic bombed in Aleppo The Al Marjeh Primary Health Care Centre was hit in an air strike Friday, according to a statement the organization’s Facebook page. Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations, known by its French acronym UOSSM, supported the hospital. Continue reading

Dozens of children feared dead after being injected with 'tainted’ measles vaccine in Syria   "It’s very bad. The figures of dead we are getting go into the 30s. Children are dying very quickly,” said Daher Zidan, the coordinator of the medical charity, Uossm. “We think it will get worse.”   Continue reading