Global Health Case Competition 2024: Comprehensive Strategies for Amputee Care and Rehabilitation Among Refugees in Jordan

Brief overview of worldwide refugees

Worldwide displacement of children has reached a critical level with an estimated 47.2 million children displaced due to violence or conflict (UNICEF , 2024a). It is estimated that children made up 40% of the world's refugee population in 2023, accounting for 1 of every 3 international migrants, i.e. those living outside their country of birth.

Jordan as a host country

Jordan, which is considered an upper-middle income country by the World Bank) , does not host the largest number of refugees (Iran has the overall largest number at 3.8 million of whom 51% are children with Turkey in a close second place at 3.3 million of whom 48% are children (UNICEF) , 2024b). However, relative to its population, Jordan hosts 1,000 refugees per 10,000 people. Approximately 710,000 people were registered as refugees)  with the UNHCR (UN High Commission on Refugees) in early 2024. This has decreased slightly to 694,643 as of July 2024. Of these, 90% (625,000) are Syrian refugees. Of those, 46.2% are 17 and under (approximately 328,000); 23.7% were male (168,300) and 22.5% female (160,000). The great majority of the Syrian refugees (82%) live outside the UNHCR camps of Zaatari and Azraq (opens in a new tab) .

Registered Syrians in Jordan  

This site shows the number of refugees, where they live, and by age.

Healthcare services available to refugees in Jordan  

Jordan: Info from World Bank 

Produced by: The World Bank and the International Development Association (World Bank)

• Jordan overview :
  • Context 
  • Strategy 
  • Results 
• Jordan- Promoting poverty reduction and shared prosperity: systematic country diagnostic (2016)
  • This does discuss refugees with the term appearing 78 times in the document. 
• Data 

Jordan

Produced by: International Finance Corporation (IFC)

• How Refugee Entrepreneurs in the Levant Region are Growing their Businesses 
• Powering up Jordan's Renewable Energy Market 

Jordan

Produced by: World Bank Group

• Data 
  • There are 3 tabs on this site: Overview, By theme, By SDG goal
    • UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals 

• The Impact of Protracted Displacement on Syrian Refugees in Jordan  (2022; PDF)
• High-Frequency Survey of Jordanians and Syrian Refugees 2021-2022 (PDF)
• Jordan’s Syrian Refugees – what a difference a year makes
• Jedad: Creating Market Opportunities for Refugee and Host Community Businesses in Jordan (PDF)
• The Impact of Living Arrangements In Camp versus Out of Camp on the Quality of Life A Case Study of Syrian Refugees in Jordan (PDF)
• Syrian Refugees Living in Jordan and Lebanon: Young, Female, at Risk
• The Welfare of Syrian Refugees: Evidence from Jordan and Lebanon (2016)
• In Pictures: Syrian Refugees Living in Jordan and Lebanon 
• Jordan: A home away from home for Syrian refugees 

Jordan: Info from IMF 

Produced by: The International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• Country data 
• Key Questions on Jordan 
• Economic Growth and Fairness in the Middle East and North Africa 
• All documents on Jordan 

Rehabilitation in health systems: guide for action (WHO)

"To assist countries to develop a comprehensive, coherent and beneficial strategic plan, WHO has developed Rehabilitation in health systems: guide for action. This resource leads governments through a 4-phase process of (1) situation assessment; (2) strategic planning; (3) development of monitoring, evaluation and review processes; and (4) implementation of the strategic plan. This process utilizes health system strengthening practices with a focus on rehabilitation."

Jordan National Rehabilitation Strategic Plan 2020-2024 (opens in a new tab)  [EN/AR] (UMHCR)

"The Ministry of Health, Jordan, has led the development of rehabilitation for more than 35 years and the country has quite a diverse and established workforce. Together, with the Royal Medical Services and the private sector, they deliver most of the rehabilitation in Jordan. Two University hospitals also provide rehabilitation; Jordan University Hospital and King Abdullah University Hospital. In addition to the health sector, rehabilitation is provided in disability and social care centres managed by the Ministry of Social Development and to a small extent in the educational system under the Ministry of Education’s supervision. Furthermore, the nongovernmental sector is providing rehabilitation and assistive products, emphasizing on filling the gap at community level, including 10 community-based rehabilitation centres across the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan."