Publications by authors named "Reham Wais"
Syria has experienced over a decade of armed conflict, characterized by targeted violence against healthcare. The impacts of these attacks have resulted in both direct and indirect attacks on health and reverberating effects on local communities. This study aims to explore the perspectives of health workers based in northern Syria who have experienced such attacks on health to understand the impacts on the health system as well as communities served.
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- Attacks on healthcare during conflicts, like in Syria, really hurt health workers and their communities, even though some of them choose to stay and help despite the danger.
- This research talked to 40 health workers, including a good number of women, about how these attacks affected their lives personally and at work.
- The study found that the attacks caused serious psychological problems and stress, but also showed how health workers found ways to cope with the situation.