Natasja Sheriff is a journalist, editor and researcher, specializing in environmental and human rights reporting. She is currently a visiting scholar at New York University’s Institute of Journalism. Her writing has appeared on TED.com, Al Jazeera America, The Nation, Reuters Health, Audubon, Hyperallergic, Kirkus Reviews, WNYC, Malaysiakini. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/natasja-sheriff/rss en Displacement Health Fri, 08 Jul 2016 12:03:51 +0000 Natasja Sheriff https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/07/08/the-silent-suffering-of-syrias-chronically-ill https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/07/08/the-silent-suffering-of-syrias-chronically-ill In the first installment of our series on chronic illnesses in Syria, we explore how the war has left millions of Syrians unable to manage their conditions and led to severe complications and untold unnecessary deaths.