PM commends Médecins Sans Frontières’ work in Jordan

AMMAN — Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Tuesday received Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International President Joanne Liu and discussed the organisation’s services to Syrian refugees, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Ensour commended MSF’s efforts in the health and humanitarian fields, stressing Jordan’s keenness on expanding the organisation’s services to cover all governorates where Syrian refugees reside and provide them with vaccinations. The premier said the Kingdom is ready to facilitate MSF’s services in Jordan, highlighting the effect of the Syrian refugee crisis on the Kingdom’s health sector.

Liu briefed Ensour on MSF’s activities in Jordan, thanking the government for facilitating the organisation’s work. Mark Schakal, MSF head of mission in Jordan, said the majority of doctors working with the organisation in the Kingdom are Jordanians. Some 560 personnel work with the MSF in Jordan, he added, according to Petra.