https://www.medsf.org/rss/jordan en https://www.medsf.org/long-road-recovery-war-wounded-children-gaza After being medically evacuated from Gaza, a few children with life-altering injuries have arrived at MEDSF's reconstructive surgery hospital in Amman, Jordan, where they are receiving comprehensive and long-term care. Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:14:29 +0000 83e17b26-9fbb-4292-bf51-2b745cf64be3 https://www.medsf.org/jordan-msf-brings-down-curtain-one-its-largest-interventions-country After nearly 10 years of responding to the myriad needs of Syrian refugees, from non-communicable diseases and war trauma surgery to COVID-19, we end our intervention in north Jordan. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 08:11:30 +0000 d24d31d6-8d19-4622-9ba3-040f8acb4ab1 https://www.medsf.org/msf-responds-coronavirus-jordan%E2%80%99s-largest-refugee-camp Given the often rapid spread of diseases inside refugee camps, MEDSF is providing medical care for coronavirus COVID-19 to refugees in Zaatari camp, Jordan. Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:46:47 +0000 85a03532-a905-43f1-a9e2-6d8c2672eb1d https://www.medsf.org/how-msf-tackling-antibiotic-resistance-middle-east Bacterial infections can be deadly, and antibiotics remain the best tool to treat them. But they are losing their effectiveness due to antibiotic resistance. We see this throughout our projects in the Middle East, where war-wounds are particularly susceptible. Mon, 18 Nov 2019 06:05:21 +0000 54bb5f32-4375-46a6-9781-fbeea12a0481 https://www.medsf.org/jordan-mental-health-and-work-planting-hope Amal Bani Khalaf, a Jordanian psychologist who has worked with MEDSF since 2014, gives an account of her work in MEDSF’s non-communicable diseases (NCD) project in Irbid, Jordan. Wed, 17 Oct 2018 08:22:49 +0000 c7c0d4e7-128f-4841-8742-253a27936bd2 https://www.medsf.org/mental-health-needs-refugees-urban-jordan MEDSF mental health activities manager Heidi Mitton explains the mental healthcare needs and services in Irbid, Jordan, where MEDSF runs a non-communicable diseases (NCD) project for Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians. Wed, 17 Oct 2018 08:12:31 +0000 1bfa2790-5259-4b76-ae33-3103d3c37275 https://www.medsf.org/jordan-lack-patients-forces-closure-ramtha-surgical-project After more than four years of emergency lifesaving activities in which over 2,700 war-wounded Syrians underwent medical treatment, Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) has taken the difficult decision to close the Ramtha surgical project in northern Jordan. Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:49:37 +0000 9d731eed-cfda-4c31-8e8d-554ebac2d9d2 https://www.medsf.org/voices-ramtha MEDSF staff reflect on four years of saving lives and limbs in Ramtha, northern Jordan, and describe the impact this emergency surgical project had on the lives of both its patients and staff. Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:07:42 +0000 07febe55-139e-4558-8909-2687a39c745a https://www.medsf.org/jordan-syrians%E2%80%99-access-medical-care-risk Ahead of the Brussels conference on Syria, Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) urges the international community to scale-up healthcare funding for Syrian refugees in the region. A recent decision in Jordan to increase public health care fees for Syrian refugees could impact their access to healthcare and lead to increased vulnerability, says MEDSF. Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:36:18 +0000 f57212e5-1603-4ede-b66b-9170c2f69213 https://www.medsf.org/jordan-decade-healing-msf%E2%80%99s-reconstructive-surgery-hospital Surgeons at our Amman-based reconstructive surgery hospital operate on victims of conflicts in the Middle East whose wounds are inflicted by bomb blasts, bullets, shrapnel and burns. Research and innovation are an important part of the hospital’s programme. Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:40:21 +0000 69bca8cb-4090-426a-9399-01267b7e416a