Host Country Responses to Non-communicable Diseases Amongst Syrian Refugees: A Review

Author(s)
Akik, C. , Ghattas, H. , Mesmar, S. ,  Rabkin, M. , El-Sadr, W. M. & Fouad, F. M.
Publication language
English
Pages
13PP
Date published
22 Mar 2020
Publisher
Conflict and Health
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Conflict, violence & peace, Forced displacement and migration, Refugee Camps, Health, Syria crisis
Countries
Syria, Jordan, Lebanon
Organisations
BMC
Link
https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13031-019-0192-2#citeas

Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey have hosted large refugee populations, with a high pre-conflict burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

We aimed to describe the ways in which these three host country health systems have provided NCD services to Syrian refugees over time, and to highlight the successes and challenges they encountered.

 

Authors: 
Akik, C. , Ghattas, H. , Mesmar, S. ,  Rabkin, M. , El-Sadr, W. M. & Fouad, F. M.