A study, including key informant interviews and a literature review, was conducted in early 2021, looking into ongoing health operations in three challenging contexts – Jordan, Bangladesh and Chad – with the aim of identifying best practices and lessons learned at the policy, financial, and practical levels. In Jordan, dwindling donor funds and limited resources have hindered access to affordable health services for vulnerable refugee and host populations. Health systems strengthening activities coupled with effective community health approaches aimed at improving non-communicable disease (NCD) patient adherence to medication and continuous care, have demonstrated that effective and timely cooperation between government, humanitarian agencies, and donors can yield positive results which more easily transition into long-term solutions.

Forced by war to abandon their businesses and former lives, Syrian women are creating new opportunities for themselves and their families in the countries where they’ve found refuge. Meet five resilient and ambitious entrepreneurs in Jordan in our new multimedia series, Starting up again: Syrian entrepreneurs in exile.

School was their safe place…until a bomb destroyed it

How do you provide life-saving medical care in a war torn country? Rent a van. An in-obtrusive van with room enough for a doctor, a gynecologist, a pharmacist and a nurse, stock it with pharmaceuticals, fill up the tank, and send it on its way.

Meet Lilian Dawa, a South Sudanese social worker in a refugee settlement in Uganda who works tirelessly to protect women and girls from violence.

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