Health Care
![JRS staff in Damascus accompanied Ammar to get a surgery that allowed him to open his eyes again.](https://ear.jrs.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2018/10/12-1200x600-c-default.jpg)
JRS provides refugees with access to health care services that include primary health care and preventive interventions that effectively reduce health risks.
This is often done through referral services and follow-up, including referrals to other agencies and NGOs, assistance with hospital fees, and getting access to specialist medical treatment.
JRS also directly provides some health care services, such as the dispensing of medication, transport to medical centres, interpretation services, specialist clinic services, laboratory testing, radiography, surgery, maternal and obstetric care, and more. JRS implements preventive care programmes through awareness campaigns and training sessions focusing on health and hygiene, such as training on the prevention of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. To support community health systems that are already in place, JRS also assists local clinics, hospitals, and dispensaries.
Programme Stories
Physiotherapy and Wheelchairs Enabling School Access
21 February 2024
![](https://ear.jrs.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2024/02/Maban-Inclusive-Education-Home-Visits_03-min-scaled-400x200-c-default.jpg)
Physiotherapy for displaced communities in Sudan
09 January 2024
![](https://ear.jrs.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2024/01/Physio_Aziza-Agola_42-scaled-400x200-c-default.jpg)
From Violence to Hunger
30 May 2023
![](https://ear.jrs.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2023/06/Rebeka-Abraham-and-Martha-Gaduer_Renk-Sudan-Response-SSD_06-scaled-400x200-c-default.jpg)
The story of Sahidi
18 October 2022
![](https://ear.jrs.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2022/10/Testimony016_iE_PC-scaled-400x200-c-default.jpg)
A refugee woman in the Tigray conflict
06 January 2022
![women tigray](https://ear.jrs.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2022/01/IMG_7490-scaled-400x200-c-default.jpg)