Partners continued to provide critical health care services to vulnerable refugees
HIGHLIGHTS:
In Turkey, 3RP Partners provided medical devices to fully equip the hospital in Suruc refugee camp, which currently hosts some 28,000 Syrian refugees. Partners also provided transportation to 865 refugees in Adiyaman camp to enable them to access health services in Adiyaman’s city centre and Gaziantep. Furthermore, 35 patients with chronic illness were transported from the camps to the hospitals in Adana, Gaziantep and Malatya.
In Lebanon, the preliminary results of the 2016 Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees (VASyR) indicate that 83 per cent of the refugees have access to healthcare. Prevalence of Global Acute Malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months seemed to be stable at around two per cent, which falls under the “Acceptable” category of the WHO Crisis Classification system. Meanwhile,
Partners conducted a medical mission to the North and Bekaa areas through which 515 Syrian refugees received medical consultation and 81 refugees underwent surgery free of charge.
In Jordan, over 5,000 pregnant and lactating mothers, and caregivers in camps and host communities were reached with Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) education and counselling on breastfeeding. Nearly 1,000 women of reproductive age (15-49 years) in camps and host communities were screened for malnutrition and provided with supplementation and education sessions on nutrition.
In Iraq, 22,000 patient consultations were conducted in primary health care facilities in refugee camps.
In Egypt, a health advocacy event organized in Obour City provided a platform of communication between the Syrian refugee community and healthcare service providers. At the event, Partners provided a briefing on the primary health services provided by the Ministry of Health.