The humanitarian crisis has left many people in urgent need of medical care, with trauma and emergency healthcare services being the top priority. Hospitals and ambulance services are struggling to provide lifesaving services due to a critical shortage of drugs, medical supplies, laboratory equipment, and medical kits. Additionally, access to essential primary and secondary healthcare services is crucial for the general population, especially vulnerable groups such as women, children, chronic illness patients, and survivors of gender-based violence.
To address these needs, priority response activities include maximizing and supporting trauma care services at pre-hospital, hospital, and post-hospital levels. Providing early access to postoperative care and rehabilitation services is also crucial for the injured. Establishing Emergency Medical Teams at key hospitals and setting up field hospitals are also key response activities.
Mental health and psychosocial support are necessary for the highly traumatized population. Re-establishing referral pathways and scaling up disease surveillance and response capacity for communicable diseases are crucial to prevent outbreaks. Additionally, supporting the capacity of existing primary and secondary healthcare services is a high priority. This includes treatment of illnesses, management of non-communicable diseases, nutrition interventions, sexual and reproductive health services, maternal and child health services, and care for GBV survivors.
Finally, maintaining essential supplies at community and facility levels is important for continued service delivery. Without proper resources such as electricity or fuel supplies to continue providing lifesaving services at hospitals or ambulance services it will be challenging to manage cases or even stop outbreaks from poor water sanitation conditions in overcrowded shelters.
In conclusion addressing the current humanitarian health needs revolves around trauma care at all stages including pre-hospital level with priority given to providing early access to postoperative care