5,000 Births in Jordan Camp for Syria Refugees Since 2013

The U.N. Population Fund said Tuesday that its clinic in Jordan’s largest camp for Syrian refugees has safely delivered more than 5,000 babies since opening in 2013.

A young Syrian refugee at the U.N.-run Zaatari camp, northeast of the Jordanian capital Amman, on Sept. 19, 2015. Khalil Mazraawi/AFP/Getty Images

ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan—The U.N. Population Fund said Tuesday that its clinic in Jordan’s largest camp for Syrian refugees has safely delivered more than 5,000 babies since opening in 2013.

Daniel Baker, the fund’s regional humanitarian coordinator, said the clinic also offers family planning, including spacing of births, but that the pace of deliveries has been steady.

The clinic hit the mark of 5,000 births several days ago, he said.

An aerial view shows the Zaatari refugee camp on July 18, 2013, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq, some 8 kilometers from the Jordanian-Syrian border. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images