Jordan
761,059 refugees live in Jordan. 89% are from Syria
2nd most refugees per capita in the world
1/5 Syrian refugee households are food insecure
35.5% of the population are obese, the 13th highest rate in the world.
International Medical Corps
What is happening in Jordan?
Jordan has one of the highest refugee populations in the world, most are Syrians who fled the 2011 civil conflict. Jordan currently has one of the smallest economies in the Middle East and cost of living is high. There are also issues of chronic unemployment. Although Jordan has five refugee camps for Syrian refugees, more than 80% live in poverty in Jordanian cities. Even those refugees in Jordan living in formal camps have unique challenges. To leave the camp or to work requires applying for a permit, which creates even more obstacles to acquiring their basic needs. Most Palestinian refugees in Jordan have full citizenship, but despite this many live below the poverty line and do not have adequate access to healthcare or education.
What’s the health situation?
When the Syrian refugee crisis began, the Jordanian government allowed refugees to have healthcare for free. In 2014, they were asked to pay the same rate as uninsured Jordanians. By 2018, their healthcare costs had increased up to five-fold.
Despite marked health improvements occurring over the last decade, challenges remain. Great socioeconomic inequity exists throughout the country, meaning health outcomes vary considerably, with the poorest in society – mainly refugee populations – suffering greater risks.
Noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes and heart diseases are on the rise, while Jordan has one of the highest obesity rates in the world.
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See how your donation makes a difference
£5 can help us to give 15 people treatment
£20 will provide 16 children with antibiotics
£100 will provide 83 pregnant women with life saving medicine.
£450 will provide am emergency medical kit to 60 families.
Whatever you give, you could be making a life-changing, even life-saving difference to someone every month.
See how your donation makes a difference
£5 is enough to source and send £600 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 50 people around the world.
£10 is enough to source and send £1,200 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 100 people around the world.
£25 is enough to provide around 750 treatments in a year, helping approximately 250 people in need; and for some, is the difference between life & death.
£100 is enough to provide medicines and supplies for approximately 1,000 people a year living in disaster-hit and vulnerable communites.
Whatever you give, you could be making a life-changing, even life-saving difference to someone every month.
How is IHP helping?
Working with our partners, IHP is supporting Palestinian and Syrian refugees living within Jordan. Specifically, we are distributing vital medicines and medical supplies, such as antibiotics and medicine for chronic illnesses like hypertension and diabetes. Our work is ensuring that the most vulnerable within Jordan are provided for.
Stories from Jordan
Our partners in Jordan
International Health Partners
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London, WC1X 8HN
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London, WC1X 8HN
United Kingdom
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International Health Partners
Fox Court, 14 Gray's Inn Road,
London, WC1X 8HN
United Kingdom
Fox Court, 14 Gray's Inn Road,
London, WC1X 8HN
United Kingdom
