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   { LATEST NEWS } The earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
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February 16, 2023

  ![](https://asfbelgium.org/storage/files/2-1-derniu00c8re-nouvelle-vole-au-secours-des-victimes-des-su00e9ismes-en-turquie-et-syrie-aide-du00e9combre-enfant-2000x1000.jpg?token=2c9d9ca54d3627554fa8ee2f2003206b) Our heart is with the people affected by the earthquake in **Turkey** and **Syria**. We are mobilising our expertise and commitment, in partnership with the **IHP Foundation**, to bring urgent aid and medicines to the needs of vulnerable populations.

 We have a shipment of supplies in our pipeline now going to Syria to support our in-country partner **Independent Doctors Association** (IDA) in north-west Syria. This shipment includes syringes, dressings, needles and gloves.

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The first IHP shipment is in the pipeline on **17th February** to **Project Hope** in Turkey, it is currently for 18 EHPs (Essential Health Packages’’ or ‘’Health Kits’’). Project Hope are currently responding in the Gaziantep area – where the epicentre of the first earthquake took place. We are making steps to prepare a shipments of specific medicines to Syria.

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Our commitment is to participate to the mobilization (storage / handling / packaging / conditioning in kits) and air freight costs of 45 EHPs. Total value **£ 90,000 = 102,000€**

« 1 EHP = 903 treatments »
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The medicines to be included in these EHPs are as follows (subject to some change):

- A range of anti-biotics
- Nutrient supplements, including iron, folic acid and multivitamins
- Diuretics to manage heart failure and water retention (spironolactone and Bendroflumethiazide)
- Statins for hypertension (including atorvastatin)
- Water purification tablets
- Medicine to manage type 2 diabetes (metformin and gliclazide)
- Pain relief and anti-inflammatories (paracetamol and naproxen)

We are convinced that solidarity is essential to help vulnerable people overcome this difficult situation.

> We need your support to help these people recover and rebuild.

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