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Healthcare Beyond Borders: The Role of NGOs

By Benjamin Feit

As the U.S. State Department undergoes reorganization, the future direction of American foreign assistance and global development efforts remains uncertain, raising questions about priorities, effectiveness, and long-term impact on international partnerships and humanitarian goals.

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Chicago-area doctor returns to native Syria to revive war-torn nation's ailing health system

Dr. Mufaddal Hamadeh is leading efforts to rebuild Syria’s devastated medical infrastructure,

Amjad Rass

Born in Syria, Amjad Rass – a physician who lives in Bloomfield Hills and has an internal medicine practice

كتب الدكتور عارف الرفاعي، رئيس الجمعية الطبية السورية الأمريكية “سامز”، هذه الكلمات التي عبّرت عن مشاعره بعد لقاء السيد الرئيس أحمد الشرع مع أبناء الجالية السورية في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية:...
Dear Friends,   Today, as thousands of patients receive the most advanced, life-saving treatments in Syria, and as countless healthcare professionals gain new knowledge and master new technologies, something even...
Dr. Adeeb Alshahrour, a Syrian American doctor, specializing in obstetric care, recently led SAMS OBGYN mission in February 2018. This was the third such mission to Lebanon, the first being...
The following is a tribute to Dr. Majd Kamalmaz by SAMS Member Dr Khalid Hamza written on behalf of the Psychosocial Committee. Last week, the US Government informed the family...
In 2016, SAMS launched a scholarship program to provide full scholarships to 12 Syrian medical students continuing their education in Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bshr Nammouz is one of...
As a doctor, I have trained to serve my fellow human beings. There have been few experiences that have touched me as much as volunteering on a medical mission to...

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