Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who are on a two-day visit to Jordan to highlight the humanitarian crisis taking place in the Middle East, made an important request as the situation worsens for refugees.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived on Wednesday to see how the country had taken on the humanitarian responsibility of facilitating refugees from Syria and Gaza.
The former royals also attended a high-level roundtable, convened by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, and highlighted the need to “integrate mental health into primary care”.
Participants in the conversations, including United Nations leaders and donors, stressed that mental health “must be treated as a first response priority, not a secondary consideration, and that frontline responders themselves need sustained support.”
They also discussed the growing funding gap for health and humanitarian services and how it can be resolved to prevent the crisis from worsening.
The couple, who are parents to two children, Archie and Lilibet, were visibly upset to witness the extent of the suffering the medical evacuees had experienced.
Prince Harry and Meghan may have left their senior royal positions six years ago, but British ambassador to Jordan Philip Hall appreciated their contribution to the cause.
“Your visit, your support, your gratitude for the efforts that the United Nations, including, of course, the World Health Organization, the Jordanian government and others, are making here are hugely appreciated,” he said, according to the BBC. “So, thank you for coming.”
