JEFFREY BROWN:

At the outset of the war in 2011, rebels seemed to have the initiative, but President Bashar al-Assad's forces have fought back hard. And infighting among rebel group has led to even more bloodshed.

All told, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates more than 140,000 killed as of February and, according to USAID, more than eight million displaced within Syria, as well as in neighboring countries. Now comes word of a major cost of this war: a growing health care disaster.

In a new report, the international charity group Save the Children says some 60 percent of Syria's hospitals have been damaged or destroyed, production of drugs has fallen by 70 percent, and nearly half of Syria's doctors have fled the country. The crisis has hit children especially hard, with 10,000 deaths and many more suffering from serious injuries and diseases.

And I'm joined now by Michael Klosson, Save the Children's vice president for policy and humanitarian response.

And welcome to you.

MICHAEL KLOSSON, Save the Children: Thank you for having me.