What is it about?
During the civil war, in Syria's besieged cities, medical workers and local council staff continue to provide healthcare and other basic services to civilians. This article uses interview data to explore their working challenges, coordination issues and aspects of service delivery under extremely constrained and dangerous circumstances.
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Why is it important?
Much research on Syria focuses on the civil war, but this paper looks at daily life under siege conditions. It examines aspects of basic service delivery, using workers' own words.
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This paper uses interview data collected in Syria, during the conflict. It presents the experiences and thoughts of medical and council staff in their own words
Chas Morrison
Coventry University
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This page is a summary of: Providing basic services under siege: preliminary insights from interim councils and medical providers in besieged urban areas of Syria, Environment and Urbanization, November 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0956247818804343.
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