Health Access and Utilization Survey: Access to Healthcare Services among Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Author(s)
Dajani Consulting
Publication language
English
Pages
41pp
Date published
01 Dec 2018
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Conflict, violence & peace, Development & humanitarian aid, Health, Forced displacement and migration, Refugee Camps, Targeting, Identification and Profiling
Countries
Syria, Jordan
Link
https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/68539

The increase in the number of refugees from the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) across the region in 2018 continued and the need remains for a large-scale response to address the needs of refugees already present in the host community. At the end of 2018, 671,350 Syrian refugees were registered with UNHCR, including refugees hosted in urban, peri-urban and rural areas, in addition to camps population.

UNHCR monitors the health access and utilization behaviors of non-camps refugees regularly since 2014. The perception of refugees with regards to healthcare services supported by UNHCR differs each year as a result of increased cost of healthcare, economic conditions and policy changes. Currently, more than 81% of the 671,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan live outside camps. UNHCR uses the annual survey data to understand the situation of healthcare services among Syrian refugees, in order to improve the policies and services for whom who live outside camps.