JHFR II: Summative Evaluation of Canada's Health Fund for Refugees in Jordan

Jordan's Health Fund for Refugees (JHFR) is a multi-donor initiative launched in 2018 to support the public health system in providing services to Syrian and other UNHCR-registered refugees. Global Affairs Canada published a summative evaluation in 2026 to assess the Fund's impact, effectiveness, and relevance from its inception. The evaluation aims to provide insights for future health sector programming and evidence-based decisions for stakeholders like the Jordanian Ministry of Health and international donors.

Use Cases

• Assessing program effectiveness and impact based on the evaluation's findings on outcomes and success factors.
• Analyzing multi-donor collaboration models based on the Joint Financing Arrangement (JFA) framework described.
• Informing future health sector programming for refugees based on insights into the sustainability of interventions.
• Supporting evidence-based funding decisions for stakeholders like the Ministry of Health and donor agencies.

Strengths

• Evaluation covers a multi-year program active since 2018, with the JFA renewed and extended to December 2028.
• The Fund is a collaborative initiative supported by multiple international entities, including Canada, the USA, Denmark, Qatar, Germany, Italy, and the World Bank.
• The evaluation is described as the first comprehensive assessment of the Fund's performance since its inception.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal/source bias inherent to open_canada.

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

Collection Method

Summative evaluation report.

Time Range

Covers the program from its launch in 2018, with the JFA renewed in 2024 and extended to 2028.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 19:12:41.313385; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jordan