TBHF funds primary health care clinic at Jordan’s Zaatari Camp

Sharjah / WAM

The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF) a Sharjah-based humanitarian charity dedicated to helping refugees and people in need worldwide, is funding a medical clinic at the Zaatari camp in Jordan which when completed, will provide refugees living there 24-hour access to essential healthcare services.
Launched in collaboration with the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, and the Jordan Health Aid Society, JHAS in 2014, the initiative is targeting people most in need of healthcare in the Zaatari camp, which is currently housing around 79,000 refugees. The facility will provide medical services for 20,000 individuals, with its Primary Healthcare unit servicing 14,400 beneficiaries, its Reproductive Health unit servicing 3,000 beneficiaries and its Nutrition unit servicing 2,600 beneficiaries. Under the terms of the arrangement, TBHF has committed to fund the overall clinic’s operations for six months.
Mariam Al Hammadi, Director of ‘Salam Ya Seghar,’ a TBHF initiative said, “The need to provide healthcare facilities in Zaatari camp is a pressing one, as more than 4 years have passed since the camp was established, and maintaining people’s health is an important issue. As of July 20th, 2016, the total number of Syrians registered with UNHCR in Jordan reached 637,099 persons, with over 134,051 residing in Zaatari and Azraq camps.”
“TBHF believes that basic healthcare should be a fundamental human right but unfortunately it is a right that refugees too often do not have. Adequate medical coverage is particularly important for this section of society as conditions in refugee camps can lead to spread of diseases. Zataari camp clinic will be a focal point for comprehensive primary, mental, and reproductive healthcare services to its residents on a 24-hour basis,” added Al Hammadi.