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Journal of Public Health Policy and Planning | Volume 3
April 08-09, 2019 | Zurich, Switzerland
Health Care and Neuroscience
International Conference on
Post rehabilitation impact on Syrian refugees with lower limb amputation
Rima Naimi
Relief International, USA
Turkey hosts more Syrian refugees than any other
country. As of May 2017, more than three million
Syrian refugees were registeredwith the Government
of Turkey. A large number of the refugees have settled
in Turkey’s south eastern provinces of Şanliurfa,
Hatay and Gaziantep. The 2017 Humanitarian
Needs Overview (HNO) reports that trauma is a
leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Syria:
30% of trauma cases result in a permanent disability
requiring long-term rehabilitation care. Similarly,
among 25,000 injured Syrians assessed, 67% had
sustained injuries directly related to the crisis. Of
these injuries, 53% were due to explosive weapons.
Moreover, 15% of the victims of explosive weapons
had undergone amputations. Relief International is
supporting the National Syrian Project for Prosthetic
Limbs in Reyhanli (Turkey) in terms of organizational
capacity building funded by ECHO. Responding to
the critical, lifesaving rehabilitation needs among
all refugees eligible for services by the Government
of Turkey, the center is providing 180 prosthetic
devices to refugees with lower limb amputations
with capacity of 12 devices. Nearly 90% of the
beneficiaries are war-related injuries, out of them
10% are females. Post rehabilitation impact on Syrian
refugees with lower limb amputation is seeking
to collect and analysis of information provides a
gathered from the beneficiaries through surveys and
focus group discussions that includes quantity and
quality indicators that aim to monitor the functional
improvements by using functional independence
measure and amputee mobility predictor during
assessment, discharge and follow up session after 45
days of discharge date.
Speaker Biography
Relief International is a non-profit organization whose sole mission is to
reduce human suffering. It responds to natural disasters, humanitarian
emergencies and chronic poverty. It is non-sectarian and non-political. It
was founded in 1990 in response to the devastating. Relief international
which is a leading non-profit organization working in roughly 20 countries
to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize
in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises
and chronic poverty. Relief International combines humanitarian and
development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the
groundwork for long-term impact.
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