The meaning of Healthcare

School Health and Nutrition

Nowadays, everyone knows how important it is to maintain a healthy diet. A healthy diet is essential for good health and nutrition. It promotes healthy pregnancy outcomes and supports healthy normal growth, physical and mental development, and healthy aging. A healthy, nutritious diet not only helps you maintain healthy body weight but also reduces the […]

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How 3D Printed Prosthetic Limbs are Helping Treat War Refugees

3D Printed Prosthetic Limbs Wars, armed conflicts, lousy living conditions, and malnutrition are enough reasons to bring one of the worst illnesses to the surface—the loss of a body part. Body parts may have been lost through traumatic events like wars and their brutal consequences, congenital disorders at birth, or affected severely by a disease […]

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Why Donate Wheelchairs to Refugees

Help them Regain Mobility As healthy people, we take millions of actions our body does on a daily bases for granted! We don’t count how often we move from one place to another. We don’t think twice about doing something as simple as putting our clothes on every day, and perhaps many times in just […]

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The Cholera Outbreaks in Refugee Camps in Syria

About the Cholera  Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. The toxigenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae serogroup (O1) or (O139).  Globally, an estimated (1.3) to (4) million people worldwide get Cholera every year. Although it can be treated fast, (21.000) up to (143.000) people die from it! […]

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Types of Prosthetics for Refugees

Refugees Living with Permanent Impairments Over the years, wars and armed conflicts have led to massive destruction on many levels. Everything has been damaged; lives, homes, and those living in these homes! Places like northern Syria, Palestine, Yemen, and many others, are the most affected by the brutal war and conflicts still occurring today. Leaving […]

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Winter and Refugees Health

Winter has a unique beauty of its own, sitting beside the fireplace warm with your loved ones, having warm and delicious meals and hot drinks to keep you warm, safe, and healthy.  But that is the picture you will see if you have a cozy house to live in through this season. However, those who […]

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Helping People with Disabilities in North-West Syria

Statistics About People With Disabilities  Nearly half of Syria’s pre-conflict population remains in displacement. 5.6 million are displaced abroad, most of whom are in neighboring Turkey, while a substantial 6.5 million are displaced across Syria.3 Over a third of those displaced inside Syria have a disability (36 percent). Type of Disability There are various types […]

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Mobile Clinics, Reaching Hard-to-Reach Areas

What Are Mobile Health Clinics? A mobile clinic is a customized traveling motor vehicle that provides health care to communities.  It may be staffed by a combination of…  Physicians. Nurses. Community health workers and other health professionals. And they deliver a wide variety of health services. Why Mobile Health Clinics Important in Syria In Syria, […]

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Refugee Health Service

Barriers to Healthcare in Refugee Camps Healthcare is a fundamental right for all people, including refugees. Under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, refugees must have access to health care services similar or similar to those of the host population. But refugees face many barriers in the health sector, which are: Financial […]

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