Regular assessment to monitor the impact of the crisis on the health facilities functionality, accessibility, condition status, availability of resources and services, has been conducted using HeRAMS (Health Resources & services Availability Mapping System) tool. The report provides descriptive analysis for the public hospitals in all 14 governorates of Syria [including Ministry of Health (MoH) hospitals and Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) hospitals (a total of 113 hospitals).
Despite the challenging security situation and protracted crisis, in addition to the wide disruption of the Health System, implementation of HeRAMS has been successfully institutionalized and strengthened in public health facilities during 2014 and 2015. Key achievements include expansion of the system to cover MoHE hospitals; improved national HIS capacity through regular workshops and trainings; strengthened operational capacity of HIS units in all governorates, through supplying of ICTs means; developed database system and standardized reporting channel, tools and protocols.
