As per Humanitarian Need Overview 2018, an estimated 11.3 million people need health assistant. The Health Resources Availability Mapping System (HeRAMS) implemented by the Health sector in Syria, indicated that within the public health facilities across 14 governorates and 105 health districts (including those that are difficult to reach and UN-declared besieged areas), more than half of public hospitals and health centres have either closed or are only partially functional.

Among 111 public hospitals, 50% (55) were reported as fully functioning; 22% (25) were reported as partially functioning (i.e., facing shortages of staff, equipment, medicines or damage of the building in some cases); and 28% (31) were reported as not functioning. Out of 1,802 assessed public health centres, 46% (834) were reported as fully functioning; 22% (396) as partially functioning; 31% (565) as non-functioning (completely out of service).