Dear Gonca,
Our thoughts are with the people in Turkey and Syria. Colleagues, for those of you who are willing to donate to help rescue the earthquake victims, specifically in Syria, find enclosed the list of aid organizations. Stay safe and healthy, Amira
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MzBlziy7Ejy5Lp_WJ55MdTSpY_q2qMuF...
Amira Shaheen, PhDOWSD-EF Award winner
Assistant Prof. in Epidemiology
CHIFA Country Representative for Palestine
Division of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
An Najah National University
Nablus, Palestine
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CHIFA profile: Amira Ali Shaheen is an Assistant Prof. in Epidemiology and Population Health at the An Najah National University, Nablus, OPT. She has an interest in Child Health and has worked on several research projects related to child health such as neonatal mortality, psychological morbidity, learning disabilities, and injuries. In 2009, she was awarded a PhD degree in Epidemiology and Population Health from the LSHTM. Her PhD research was to investigate the epidemiology of injury in Palestinian children. shaheenamira AT yahoo.co.uk She is a CHIFA Country Representative http://www.hifa.org/support/members/amira
On Thursday, 9 February 2023 at 12:27:33 EET, Gonca Yilmaz <goncay31@gmail.com> wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Prof Dr. Gonca Yilmaz <goncay31@gmail.com>Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023, 17:00Subject: Devastating earthquakes and children rightsTo: CHIFA - Child Health and Rights <CHIFA@hifaforums.org>
It's like we woke up to hell," said a father of three, whose family memberswere still beneath the rubble in Hatay, Türkiye.
The initial 7.7 magnitude devastating earthquake hit south-east Türkiyejust after 4 am local time, when many children and families were asleep athome, with a second 7.5 magnitude earthquake hitting later in the day.The strength of the earthquakes resulted in entire neighborhoods beingreduced to rubble. All relief efforts are very challenging due to blockedroads, damaged bridges, communications, power outages, food and watershortages. Dropped temperatures to near freezing at levels at nights arealso adding to all challenges here.Many children and their rights have been affected by these devastatingearthquakes.They are under the rubble with their pajamas, cold and suffering. Some ofthem lost their families and loved ones.They are in panic, anxiety and fear. Their schools, hospitals and othermedical and educational facilities have been damaged or destroyed. Many ofthem will have post-traumatic stress disorder, depression later in theirlives.
We are facing the most complex humanitarian crisis in the world.
Gonca MD, PhD, TürkiyeInternational Society for Social Paediatrics and Child Health
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