Notes from the field: a case of hepatic failure and reflections on current status of healthcare of Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Salim M Saiyed; John Kahler; Mutaz Kalabani

doi:10.1186/s13031-018-0149-x

Notes from the field: a case of hepatic failure and reflections on current status of healthcare of Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Confl Health. 2018 Apr 9:12:14. doi: 10.1186/s13031-018-0149-x. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Salim M Saiyed^{1

2}, John Kahler³, Mutaz Kalabani⁴

Affiliations

¹ 1Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA.
² CaroMont Health, Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
³ MedGlobal, Chicago, IL USA.
⁴ 4School of Medicine, Jordan University Of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.

Abstract

Recent trends and research suggest health conditions of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon are deteriorating. The following case study highlights some of the problems that refugees encounter seeking health care services in Lebanon. A coordinated response from Non-governmental organization (NGO) with intense focus on non-communicable disease (NCD) is needed to avert further worsening of health conditions on the ground.

Keywords: Displacement; Health system in conflict; Lebanon; Non-communicable diseases (NCD); Non-governmental organization (NGO); Refugee health; Syrian crisis.