Prime Highlights
- Syria and Germany’s KfW Bank aim to speed up joint health projects to support the country’s recovery.
- Health Minister al-Ali calls for a lasting Syrian-German partnership built on shared expertise and reconstruction know-how.
Key Facts
- KfW, founded in 1948, funds sustainable development projects worldwide, including health, climate and job creation.
- Al-Ali met German officials twice recently, in August and September, to expand health sector cooperation.
Background
Syria and Germany’s KfW Development Bank are working to speed up joint health projects and strengthen financing as part of efforts to rebuild Syria’s health sector.
Health Minister Musab al-Ali met a KfW delegation led by Anna-Christine Janke at the ministry in Damascus on Monday. The talks covered financing plans and steps needed to move projects forward faster and improve healthcare services across the country.
Al-Ali said faster progress on these projects would support Syria’s recovery and help create favourable conditions for Syrians abroad to return home. He called for a lasting partnership with Germany built on shared expertise, pointing to German and Japanese post-war reconstruction models as examples for strengthening Syria’s health sector and building greater self-reliance.
Janke reaffirmed KfW’s commitment to the agreed projects and said the bank was ready to move quickly and work together on solutions.
KfW is a German government-owned development finance institution established in 1948. It funds sustainable development projects worldwide, including work in environmental protection, climate action and job creation.
In August, al-Ali also met Marcus Hicken, chargé d’affaires of the German Embassy in Damascus, to discuss growing Syrian-German cooperation in health and supporting long-term recovery.
