Jordan hosts more than 650,000 registered Syrian refugees and shares the cost of healthcare that is made available to them through the country’s public health services. To address the financial strain that this causes to the government’s exchequer, the latter significantly hiked the cost of public health services for Syrian refugees in March this year.
While the decision makes sense for a country already suffering from high unemployment, fragile infrastructure and a scarcity of natural resources, the scale of the increase will put even basic medical treatment beyond the reach of most Syrians.
Sustained multi-year funding to support Jordan’s public health system, with affordable access by refugees to public health services by key development actors may be a possible solution here.
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