By June 2013, according to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of registered Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries exceeded 1.8 million and the current situation is now viewed as one of the worst humanitarian crisis and conflicts the world has seen in decades.23 July 2013 – The current humanitarian crisis in Syria poses a grave risk of epidemics among the Syrian refugees who are currently displaced in the neighbouring countries of Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt.
As the health situation of the Syrian refugees in these countries continues to deteriorate, the health systems of the host countries risk being overwhelmed in the face of a continuous influx of refugees and rising temperatures during the summer months.
By June 2013, according to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of registered Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries exceeded 1.8 million and the current situation is now viewed as one of the worst humanitarian crisis and conflicts the world has seen in decades.23 July 2013 – The current humanitarian crisis in Syria poses a grave risk of epidemics among the Syrian refugees who are currently displaced in the neighbouring countries of Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt.
As the health situation of the Syrian refugees in these countries continues to deteriorate, the health systems of the host countries risk being overwhelmed in the face of a continuous influx of refugees and rising temperatures during the summer months.
