Prime Highlights-
- Sharjah-based The Big Heart Foundation, an Arab organisation, marked World Health Day by highlighting its global healthcare outreach for vulnerable communities.
- The foundation stressed its focus on combining emergency aid with long-term healthcare system development.
Key Facts-
- The Arab foundation supported a 100-bed hospital in Bangladesh and runs a clinic in Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp.
- It operates mobile medical clinics across eight countries and supports healthcare projects in Egypt and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Background-
On World Health Day, Sharjah-based The Big Heart Foundation turned attention to its global healthcare programmes and the work being done to make medical services more accessible to vulnerable communities around the world.
The organization pointed to the billions of people around the world who still cannot count on reliable access to basic health services, framing its work as a direct response to that reality.
The foundation is not in the business of quick fixes. Alongside emergency response, it puts genuine effort into strengthening healthcare systems over time through facility construction, health worker training, broader service coverage and close collaboration with local governments.
In Lebanon, the foundation put funds toward rebuilding and expanding the emergency unit at Saint George Hospital University Medical Center through its Salam Beirut campaign. The upgraded unit now sees tens of thousands of patients through its doors every year.
In Jordan, the Big Heart Clinic inside the Zaatari refugee camp serves Syrian refugees with healthcare, nutrition support and mental health services under one roof.
In Gaza, the foundation has been part of healthcare recovery efforts, stepping in with oxygen generation systems and support for children’s rehabilitation services.
Across the border in Bangladesh, it helped bring a 100-bed hospital to life in Cox’s Bazar, working with international partners to serve one of the world’s largest refugee populations. Mobile medical clinics operating across eight countries round out the foundation’s outreach, carrying care to underserved communities in areas that formal health systems rarely reach.
The Big Heart Foundation also puts resources into healthcare infrastructure and capacity building in countries including the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Egypt. Cancer care facilities, trauma units and training programmes for health workers have all received support, contributing to stronger health systems in regions where the need runs deepest.
