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MSF AUSTRALIA | JORDAN 2019
JORDAN
In Jordan, Médecins Sans Frontières offered reconstructive surgery to war-wounded patients from across the Middle East and healthcare to Syrian refugees and Jordanian host communities.
Despite the cessation of hostilities in southern Syria and the reopening of the border with Jordan at Jaber in 2018, only a small proportion of Syrian refugees have returned to their homes. There are still more than 650,000 Syrian registered refugees in Jordan, most of whom rely on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs. In early 2019, the Jordanian government reinstated subsidised healthcare for Syrian refugees, which had been suspended in 2018.
Médecins Sans Frontières’ reconstructive surgery hospital in Amman provides comprehensive care to patients injured in wars across the Middle East. We treat around 200 patients a month from places such as Yemen and Gaza, who have had to make long and difficult journeys to reach the hospital. Our services include orthopaedic, plastic and maxillofacial surgery, physiotherapy, mental health support and fitting prosthetics.
Since 2016, we have been using 3D printing to create upper-limb prosthetic devices. These prostheses help patients regain their autonomy and do many of the day-to-day activities that their injuries had prevented them from doing.
In 2019, we handed over our neonatal care project in Irbid, which we opened in 2013 during an acute phase of the Syrian refugee emergency, to the International Medical Corps. Between 2013 and 2019, our staff assisted 17,272 births, including 1,365 caesarean sections, and admitted 2,779 sick newborns for treatment.
IMPACT
200 patients treated per month at the Amman reconstructive surgery hospital
PROJECT STAFF
236.5
FUNDING
TOTAL $21,739,200
MSFA $3,500,000
KEY ACTIVITIES
Maternal and newborn healthcare, surgery
