Advocacy in Action
Why We Advocate
Since its founding, SAMS has advocated to protect civilians, defend medical neutrality, and strengthen international action in response to the Syrian crisis and other conflicts. Our work addresses barriers to lifesaving aid, attacks on healthcare, chemical weapons use, and mass displacement. What began as urgent advocacy focused on emergency response and protection has evolved into a broader commitment to safeguarding healthcare, supporting accountability, and advancing sustainable health recovery in conflict-affected settings.
As Syria moves from conflict toward reconstruction, SAMS is uniquely positioned to bridge the humanitarian–development divide and advance a Syrian-led, equitable health recovery agenda. Our advocacy is grounded in frontline medical experience and driven by evidence. We work with partners and stakeholders to protect health workers, expand humanitarian access, reform policies, advance sanctions relief, support dignified return, and mobilize investment in sustainable health systems — ensuring that global decisions reflect real conditions on the ground.
What We Advocate For
Protecting Health Infrastructure
Humanitarian
access
Syrian NGO leadership
Refugee support
Accountability
Health Systems Recovery
Though I had thought that my personal list of heroes was complete, you forced me to make space for one more—or more accurately, a whole room full of heroes.
Ambassador Samantha Power
Measurable Impact
Through its advocacy, SAMS has:
Our campaigns
More than twelve years of conflict in Syria have pushed millions of Syrians into poverty and displacement, while also decreasing their access to primary and secondary health services, including cancer care.
On International Women's Day, please join us in celebrating women around the world by championing their voices on this special day and beyond.
The massive explosion that rocked Beirut on August 4, 2020 left at least 200 people dead, injured over 6,000 and plunged 300,000 into homelessness virtually overnight.
The humanitarian situation in northwest Syria is going from bad to worse as attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure intensify.
On July 22, a marketplace and other residential areas in Ma’arat al-Nu’man in southern Idlib province were subjected to intense air strikes, killing 54 civilians, and injuring many more.
SAMS continues to closely monitor the humanitarian and medical situation in Idlib, a province in northern Syria and home to nearly 3 million Syrians, including 1 million children and half of whom have been displaced from other areas in Syria.