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Refugees in Jordan

Civil war in neighbouring Syria has seen Jordan receive around 600,000 Syrian refugees. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders works in clinics and hospitals across the north of the country to provide care for Syrian and Iraqi refugees.

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Mike Tomson
Arzt/Ärztin
Final days and coming home
At the end of nine months working on a project for refugees in Irbid, Jordan, an MSF doctor blogs about coming home...
22 Okt 2018 / 7 minute read
Mike Tomson
Arzt/Ärztin
Jordan: Moving house, making friends… and the mosquitoes
Mike is a family doctor from the UK who is currently working with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on a project in Jordan, treating Syrian refugees suffering from chronic diseases. Here, he blogs about a change in living arrangements...
22 Mai 2018 / 4 minute read
Mike Tomson
Arzt/Ärztin
Jordan: Finding out what patients think of MSF
Mike is a family doctor from the UK who is currently working with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on a project in Jordan covering non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. 
15 Mai 2018 / 4 minute read
Mike Tomson
Arzt/Ärztin
Refugees in Jordan: Rumbles of change?
Mike is in Jordan, where he’s part of an Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) project that provides free non-communicable disease care to vulnerable people.
24 Apr 2018 / 5 minute read
Mike Tomson
Arzt/Ärztin
Refugees in Jordan: Recruiting the right team
Doctors with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders have to rise to all sorts of challenges. With several of the team taking time away from the clinic, Mike and his colleagues have to act fast to ensure they can meet the needs of the patients...
18 Apr 2018 / 7 minute read
Mike Tomson
Arzt/Ärztin
Refugees in Jordan: Mental Health
Mike is a doctor from the UK, currently working in Irbid, Jordan, at a project which focuses on refugee health for those with chronic illnesses. Here he blogs about taking up a new role, as the mental health lead for the project...
17 Feb 2018 / 8 minute read
Mike Tomson
Arzt/Ärztin
Refugees in Jordan: Losing my manager
Mike is a family doctor (GP) from the UK, currently working in Irbid, Jordan, at a project which focuses on treatment for refugees and vulnerable Jordanians with chronic diseases. Here he shares his reflections about the upcoming departure of his manager, and considers the unique dynamics that can arise from being part of an MSF team...
10 Feb 2018 / 7 minute read
Mike Tomson
Arzt/Ärztin
Refugees in Jordan: 'Month End' or 'Some Wicked Problems'
Mike, a family doctor/GP from the UK, currently working for MSF/Doctors Without Borders in Jordan. With his manager away, Mike must take on new responsibilities, including the daunting 'Month End'...
02 Feb 2018 / 9 minute read
Mukul Singhal
Surgeon
Zehra’s story: "Her smile can light up the entire hospital"
Orthopaedic surgeon Mukul Singhal recently returned from Jordan, where MSF provides medical and psychological care to war-wounded patients from Syria. He tells the story of an inspiring young patient and her family...
19 Jan 2018 / 3 minute read
Mike Tomson
Arzt/Ärztin
Refugees in Jordan: Staff Health
Mike is in Irbid, Jordan, where MSF / Doctors without Borders is providing medical care to thousands of Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians. Part of his role is as the doctor for MSF staff working at the project. Today he blogs about what he's learnt for this unusual aspect of the job... 
18 Jan 2018 / 6 minute read
Mike Tomson
Arzt/Ärztin
Working in Jordan: Christmas time
Being away from friends and family is difficult at any time, but special occassions can make us feel particularly far from home.  Mike, a doctor from the UK, is in Jordan, where MSF / Doctors Wi
27 Dez 2017 / 7 minute read
Mike Tomson
Arzt/Ärztin
Refugees in Jordan: Every week is different
Mike is in Irbid, Jordan, where MSF / Doctors Without Borders is providing vital health care to people who have fled the war in Syria, and to vulnerable Jordanians.
24 Dez 2017 / 7 minute read