Over 80% of regional targets to support health facilities and staff have been met by 3RP partners
HIGHLIGHTS:
In Turkey, partners provided transportation assistance during the month to over 1,000 refugees in Adiyaman camp to enable them to access health facilities in Adiyaman’s city centre, Adana and Gaziantep. This is a daily transportation service.
In Lebanon, in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), 11 trainings were conducted for nearly 300 health workers on the service delivery guidelines for reproductive health. Partners also conducted trainings on the rational use and management of medicines benefiting 178 health workers, while 30 community workers were trained on Integrated Young Child Feeding, routine immunization, and screening for acute malnutrition. Sixty-seven workers from 13 national health care centres were trained in mental health, in line with MoPH efforts to integrate mental health into primary health care. Some 170 evicted refugee families were provided with consultations and medications.
In Jordan, nearly 950 women of reproductive age both in camps and host communities were screened for anaemia and were provided with supplements and nutrition education sessions. Additionally, 553 children under five years (U5) in Azraq camp and 334 U5 children in Zaatari camp were screened for malnutrition and those identified with moderate acute or severe acute malnutrition were provided with necessary treatment.
In Iraq, over 25,000 consultations were conducted in primary health care facilities in camps while more than 1,000 patients were referred to secondary and tertiary hospitals for further investigations and/or hospitalization. Mental Health Gap Action Programme training was conducted in Erbil Governorate in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. Four camps in Erbil continue to be supported with medications including antibiotics, analgesics and chronic disease medications.
In Egypt, a health advocacy event was organized in the 6th October city to provide Syrian refugees with information on healthcare services provided by the Partners in the different governorates.
