title: Syrian refugees, between rocky crisis in Syria and hard inaccessibility to healthcare services in Lebanon and Jordan.
abstract: Around 3% of the world's population (n = 214 million people) has crossed international borders for various reasons. Since March 2011, Syria has been going through state of political crisis and instability resulting in an exodus of Syrians to neighbouring countries. More than 1 million Syrian refugees are residents of Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt and North Africa. The international community must step up efforts to support Syrian refugees and their host governments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Health Systems and Policy Group Global Health, Karolinska Institute, Tomtebodav, 18a, 171 65 Solna, Sweden. ziad.khatib@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ziad
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: El-Khatib
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scales
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vearey
authors.forename: Birger C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Forsberg