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Reporting Period: 1 January to 31 December 2023
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Together with partners, UNICEF reached over 15.8 million people during 2023,1 including 10 million children, 8.6 million women and girls and 262,563 people and children with disabilities. Families in the most severely affected and inaccessible areas were prioritized, with 181,079 people reached in difficult to access areas and 4.3 million in moderately accessible areas.
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The earthquakes that hit Syria in early February 2023 affected more than 8.8 million people within a context where close to 70 per cent of the population already required humanitarian assistance. UNICEF and its implementing partners reached around 5.8 million people in earthquake-affected areas with assistance, including 3.2 million children, 4.8 million women and girls, and 163,000 people and children with disabilities, including 84,659 women and girls with disabilities.
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Since the onset of the cholera outbreak declared in September 2022, 221,836 suspected cases have been reported. Camp populations with limited access to clean drinking water remain particularly vulnerable to the disease.
In 2023, UNICEF supported two oral cholera vaccine campaigns in northwest (NW) Syria for nearly 1.6 million and 1.1 million children respectively. -
In 2023, UNICEF required US$468.5 million to provide lifesaving assistance to 7.8 million people, including 5 million children, across Syria according to the Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeal.