Jordan
In Jordan, Médecins Sans Frontières continued to provide specialised rehabilitative care to war-wounded patients from across the Middle East, including medically evacuated children from Gaza, Palestine.
Our activities in 2024 —
outpatient consultations
surgical interventions
patients admitted to hospital
The reconstructive surgery programme in the capital, Amman, was originally established in 2006 to treat victims of the Iraq War. The hospital has since expanded to admit patients from Syria, Yemen, Jordan, Palestine, and most recently, Somalia, offering medical expertise unavailable in their home countries.
The programme has grown into a regional hub for the treatment of patients with complicated, life-changing injuries, providing surgical and rehabilitative care for orthopaedic and maxillofacial trauma, burns, and other conflict-related injuries. Our holistic approach includes physiotherapy, occupational therapy, mental health support, and psychosocial care.
As the all-out war on Gaza, Palestine, continued and intensified in 2024, we stepped up efforts to medically evacuate child patients from the area.
Despite the obstacles and restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities, our teams managed to successfully evacuate 10 children, along with eight carers, to the hospital, where they received comprehensive rehabilitative care for wounds they sustained in Israeli airstrikes.
During the year, we also expanded our patient-centred approach by implementing vocational training initiatives, which gave patients and their carers the opportunity to develop practical skills, such as perfume making and hairdressing, improving their employability and prospects for social reintegration.
Our Amman surgery programme is constantly working to develop innovative solutions and improvements to patient care, such as 3D-printing for upper-arm prosthetics and burn masks, as well as a highly specialised microbiology and antibiotic resistance laboratory, and peer-to-peer counselling.