As the all-out war on Gaza, Palestine, continued and intensified in 2024, we stepped up efforts to medically evacuate child patients from the area. Despite the obstacles and restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities, our teams managed to successfully evacuate 10 children, along with eight carers, to the hospital, where they received comprehensive rehabilitative care for wounds they sustained in Israeli airstrikes.

During the year, we also expanded our patient-centred approach by implementing vocational training initiatives, which gave patients and their carers the opportunity to develop practical skills, such as perfume making and hairdressing, improving their employability and prospects for social reintegration.

Our Amman surgery programme is constantly working to develop innovative solutions and improvements to patient care, such as 3D-printing for upper-arm prosthetics and burn masks, as well as a highly specialised microbiology and antibiotic resistance laboratory, and peer-to-peer counselling.