Access to healthcare continues to be an essential need for newly displaced individuals and for host communities, including pregnant women and adolescent girls. Multiple displacements and lack of access to basic services further exacerbate the needs of individuals and communities, in addition to significantly increasing the risks of gender-based violence (GBV). Additional displacements further strain already-stretched coping mechanisms of individuals and families, leading to desperate measures that further increase the likelihoodof protection threats, such as sexual exploitation, forced and earlymarriage, amongst others.

Meanwhile, recent months have seen additional displacements to AlHol camp in Al Hasakah due to instabilities in Deir ez-Zur governorate. The population at the camp today stands at 73,654 people, 90 percent of whom are women and children. Escalating violence and displacement often exacerbate women’s vulnerability to higher
risks of maternal mortality and morbidity, and increase the threat of gender-based violence and harmful practices. Over 50 percent of maternal deaths occur in humanitarian and fragile settings. Additional displacements further strain already-stretched coping mechanisms of individuals and families, leading to desperate measures that further increase the likelihood of protection threats, such as exploitation and early marriage.