• The Syrian conflict, which began in 2011, has resulted in the largest refugee crisis since World War II, with millions of Syrian refugees fleeing to neighboring countries including Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey 1 . (cdc.gov)
  • War has displaced millions of Iraqis, creating the largest refugee problem in the Middle East since 1948. (ufppc.org)
  • 2 The Afghan refugee crisis continues to be one the largest refugee crises in the world. (mn.us)
  • Amidst the Ukrainian refugee crisis in Russia, Embracing the World volunteers in Moscow and St. Petersburg have been actively providing aid, including clothes, food, and medicines, to Ukrainian refugees since July 2014. (amma.org)
  • Two recent articles, in the New York Times Magazine of May 13[1] and the Nation of June 11,[2] explore the tremendous refugee crisis that the collapse of Iraq is producing and the consequences it may bring in its train. (ufppc.org)
  • At a meeting in mid-April in Geneva, held by António Guterres, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, the numbers presented confirmed what had long been suspected: the collapse of Iraq had created a refugee crisis, and that crisis was threatening to precipitate the collapse of the region. (ufppc.org)
  • Although the Lebanese people were plunged into a healthcare crisis 2 years ago, refugee populations in their country (numbering approximately 1 million inhabitants) are still cared for by NGOs, said Olivier Routeau, director of operations at Première Urgence Internationale. (medscape.com)
  • In response to the current crisis, MSF has doubled its medical projects since December 2013 and currently runs around 20 projects, including several for Central African refugees in neighboring countries such as Chad, Cameroon, and DRC. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
  • The number of patients remained high, and medicine demand continued at a high level because of the influx of South Sudanese refugees entering Kiryandongo as a result of the crisis in South Sudan that started mid-December 2013. (realmedicinefoundation.org)
  • She provided Medical support to refugees from mainly Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan during the crisis in 2015/16 and now to refugee children with diabetes from Ukraine. (childrenwithdiabetes.com)
  • However, among the To accomplish the study objective, 'Saudi Arabia' OR Syria OR Tunisia) many communities in the Middle East a multi-method approach was used, AND (conflict OR refugee OR crisis and North Africa (MENA) that are involving a systematic review of the OR vulnerable). (who.int)
  • 2015). The scale and scope of the of conflict-affected countries (Coutts left Burundi during 2015-2017, 20% ongoing refugee crisis has exposed et al. (who.int)
  • and the Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. (psychiatry.org)
  • In light of the escalation of problems at the border and the recent tragic deaths of 2 children, Texas Pediatric Society leadership has been made aware that there will be an increase in the release of unaccompanied children (UAC) from Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) facilities as they are united with their sponsors across the state. (txpeds.org)
  • The partnership envisages the training of 19 NIDO volunteers - including 1 Central African refugee and 4 South Sudanese refugees - to carry out health promotion activities in the camps linked to hygiene, one of the pillars of the prevention activities developed by EMERGENCY in Sudan. (emergencyusa.org)
  • Provide school fees and scholastic materials for all Kenyan and South Sudanese refugee school children, at the beginning of the term. (realmedicinefoundation.org)
  • Refugees and migrants crossing Panama's Darien jungle. (telesurenglish.net)
  • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Friday that over 100 000 refugees and migrants have traversed the Darien jungle within the initial three months of this year. (telesurenglish.net)
  • Last year, 2022, witnessed the arrival of an unprecedented number of refugees and migrants crossing the Darien, with a total figure of nearly 250,000 individuals, all of whom had placed their lives in grave jeopardy. (telesurenglish.net)
  • Among the migrants and refugees stranded in Lesvos, our teams see many families with children. (msfaccess.org)
  • Refugee Health Alliance provides vital services to migrants and refugees and other vulnerable patients in Tijuana at the US-Mexico Border. (gofundme.com)
  • The need for paediatric services is confirmed by the data collected in our hospital: in 2022, 40% of our patients in Nyala were from IDP and refugee camps. (emergencyusa.org)
  • During August-December 2022, toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae was isolated from 25 refugees with skin infections and 2 refugees with asymptomatic throat colonization at a refugee reception center in Germany. (cdc.gov)
  • Since 2015, the University Medical Centre Freiburg has run an outpatient clinic at the refugee reception center in Freiburg, which in late 2022 detected an unusually high number of skin infections in refugees. (cdc.gov)
  • Uganda was already hosting over 1.5 million refugees at the start of 2022, making it one of the most important refugee host countries in the world and the largest on the African continent. (unhcr.org)
  • Ukrainian orphans are seen during a stopover in Warsaw as they are en route to the UK, in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday March 21, 2022. (lex18.com)
  • Trying to stem refugee influx, Sweden asks: When is a child not a child? (yahoo.com)
  • By Alistair Scrutton and Sven Nordenstam STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Under huge strain from an influx of unaccompanied children seeking asylum, the Swedish government faces political pressure to undertake medical tests like X-rays to vet the age of young refugees despite opposition from doctors and lawyers. (yahoo.com)
  • The initiative was created to assist the influx of Afghan refugees arriving in Canada. (canadianimmigrant.ca)
  • Facilitating access to care for the people living in the Al Salam, Beliel, Kalma and Otash Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and refugee camps , east of the capital Nyala: staff at our Paediatric Centre in Nyala are working on this as part of the project Objective of Good Health in Sudan: Strengthening Human Capital and Quality Paediatric Health Services in South Darfur . (emergencyusa.org)
  • The population estimates for the four camps are around 350,000 IDPs and over 40,000 refugees from Central African Republic and South Sudan. (emergencyusa.org)
  • The aim of the three-year project, financed by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), is to strengthen the paediatric services offered by EMERGENCY in South Darfur as well as the referral process and access to our Paediatric Centre in Nyala from the camps, which are about 20 kilometres away. (emergencyusa.org)
  • 500 cases have been detected in Europe during 2010-2019 ( 2 ), outbreaks have been reported in resource-limited settings (e.g., in refugee camps or in settings of waning immunization coverage) ( 3 , 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Most of them left refugee camps in Bangladesh, where more than 700,000 had fled following a crackdown by Myanmar's army in August 2017. (wtrf.com)
  • This led to approximately 1 million Afghans fleeing to refugee camps in Pakistan, and ethnic groups throughout the country continued to fight the Taliban for control of the country. (mn.us)
  • Refugee and migrant families continue to arrive on the island and as long as families in the camps continue to live in harsh conditions inside overcrowded containers, we believe that the best possible way to prevent outbreaks in the future and contribute to children's health, is to improve the living conditions and vaccinate all children when they arrive on the island," says Sabatier. (msfaccess.org)
  • Strip and 25% in the West Bank living in 8 and 19 refugee camps, respectively (the rest live in towns and villages with the host population). (who.int)
  • They may also be provided at English language school (through outreach council programs), asylum seeker healthcare services, paediatric refugee health specialist clinics or hospital based services. (rch.org.au)
  • The Iraq war has forced hundreds of thousands of refugees into neighboring countries, and Queen Noor of Jordan is making it her job to help them - offering counseling, healthcare, and hope. (marieclaire.com)
  • In 2007, the Department pioneered a special clinic to provide healthcare to refugees newly arrived in the United States. (jefferson.edu)
  • The major purpose of the Refugee Health Program is to provide domestic health screening to newly arrived refugees of DeKalb County, to eliminate health-related barriers that could impact the refugees' successful resettlement while at the same time, protecting the health of the general public. (dekalbhealth.net)
  • By identifying and treating health conditions that may adversely impact effective resettlement, the health screening enables refugees to become self -sufficient and productive members of the society. (dekalbhealth.net)
  • So, there's a total of nine national nonprofit refugee resettlement agencies that partner with the state department to help resettle refugees in the United States, and six of those nine national agencies operate in Houston. (cdc.gov)
  • If Greater Houston were a country, it would rank fourth in the world for refugee resettlement. (cdc.gov)
  • Angelina Bernier, MD is a Pediatric Endocrinologist at the University of Florida and Fellowship Program Director. (childrenwithdiabetes.com)
  • Currently, she is undertaking a double fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology and Medical Informatics at Charité and recently joined Dr. Rayhan Lal's team at the Stanford Diabetes Research Center. (childrenwithdiabetes.com)
  • The DeKalb County Board of Health, in Partnership with the Southeast Permanente Medical Group and Kaiser Permanente recently established a pediatric primary care clinic, as an extension of the Refugee Health Program. (dekalbhealth.net)
  • MSF teams started to vaccinate children on Wednesday 7th of February in the MSF pediatric mobile clinic outside Moria and in Kara Tepe. (msfaccess.org)
  • Medical services have been and continue to be provided to the community during the pandemic at our 2 clinics - Justicia en Salud (pre-natal and midwifery care) and Resistencia en Salud (general medical and pediatric clinic) and in support of individuals at over 30 shelters in Tijuana. (gofundme.com)
  • Based on available data, the following conditions are priority health conditions that health care providers should consider when caring for or assisting Afghan refugees and humanitarian parolees. (mn.us)
  • In the early 1980s, the Mujahadeen united and revolted against the Soviet-backed Afghan Army causing approximately 6.2 million Afghan refugees to flee to the neighboring countries of Pakistan and Iran in the subsequent decade. (mn.us)
  • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that there were 2.6 million registered Afghan refugees and asylum seekers and an additional 3.5 million Afghans that were internally displaced at the end 2021. (mn.us)
  • To date, Project Hope has assisted thousands of Afghan refugees in Canada and has delivered over half a million dollars' worth of donations to the Afghan refugees as most of them arrived with nothing but the clothes on their back. (canadianimmigrant.ca)
  • When the Army deployed a team of doctors from Kentucky to support Afghan refugees last summer, their home installation was initially concerned about the deployments creating gaps in care for pediatric services. (health.mil)
  • With more than a million patient visits each year, our pediatric residents receive a well-rounded experience in the field of pediatrics. (akronchildrens.org)
  • Geneva, 9 February 2018 - The medical and humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontierès (MSF) has undertaken an emergency vaccination campaign against measles for the migrant and refugee children stranded on Lesvos Island. (msfaccess.org)
  • 2018). refugees from the Sahel region. (who.int)
  • Australia intercepts all asylum seekers and refugees who try to reach its shores by boat. (bbc.com)
  • Conclusion CBT and EMDR appeared to have the greatest effects in reducing PTSD symptoms in asylum seekers and refugees. (bmj.com)
  • An estimated 500,000 to 600,000 Syrian refugee children in the Middle East and North Africa currently have no access to formal education 10 . (cdc.gov)
  • However, it is likely that the number of children with no access to learning is considerably higher, as these figures only account for registered refugees 10 . (cdc.gov)
  • He said that Indonesia's kindness in providing a temporary shelter has been widely exploited by people-smugglers who seek financial gain without caring about the risks faced by refugees, especially vulnerable groups such as women and children. (wtrf.com)
  • Asylum seekers with apathetic refugee children was a medical and political debate in Sweden in 2006 concerning asylum seekers who came to Sweden with apathetic children. (wikipedia.org)
  • The debate ended with a more generous refugee policy that formulated a new condition for the apathetic children titled "resignation syndrome" (uppgivenhetssyndrom in Swedish). (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] When the refugee families' social situation improved, most children recovered. (wikipedia.org)
  • Eriksson had stated in a debate on SVT[clarification needed] that he had treated many refugee children and stated that the children were either poisoned or manipulated. (wikipedia.org)
  • Refugee children attend school alongside Ugandan children, health facilities serve both refugee and host communities, and several district-level water services have been transitioned to national systems. (unhcr.org)
  • The pediatric center was teeming with sick children suffering from treatable ailments. (unhcr.org)
  • While Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in DRC provided aid to the incoming refugees, an emergency team in CAR started an intervention focused on children, women, and victims of violence who remained in Kouango town and its surroundings. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
  • The goal of our Pediatric Residency Program is to train exceptional pediatricians who improve the lives of children and are well-prepared for their next stage of practice, regardless of focus. (rochester.edu)
  • This page provides a guide for caseworkers on service access for refugee and asylum seeker children and families. (rch.org.au)
  • Dental services are free to all refugees and asylum seekers, and all children aged 0-12 years - these groups are identified as priority access groups. (rch.org.au)
  • A UK-based group Dnipro Kids is helping the nearly 50 children get refugee in the UK until the Russia's war against Ukraine is over. (lex18.com)
  • A. We're setting up special centers that will provide schooling for refugee children, and also guidance for mothers on how to develop their own home-based businesses - for instance, growing herbs and selling them. (marieclaire.com)
  • Risk factors for mortality and morbidity in Syrian refugee children with penetrating abdominal firearm injuries: an 1-year experience. (bvsalud.org)
  • Title : Iatrogenic Blood-borne Viral Infections in Refugee Children from War and Transition Zones Personal Author(s) : Goldwater, Paul N. Published Date : Jun 2013 Source : Emerg Infect Dis. (cdc.gov)
  • I looked specifically for total numbers of refugee children in Texas, and I couldn't find that exact answer but I can tell you that over the past 10 years there's been about 57,000 refugees, adults and children, that have resettled in Texas. (cdc.gov)
  • The group is made up of patients and survivors ages 13 to 18 who work to improve the hospital experience for pediatric patients. (mdanderson.org)
  • Hospice of the Western Reserve's pediatric palliative care team met Husam and his mother in June after being contacted by the hospital where he had been receiving treatment. (hospicewr.org)
  • Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH), a program of the Lutheran World Federation located on the Mt. of Olives, began caring for Palestinian refugees after the 1948 war. (paxchristiusa.org)
  • Bruce Buckingham, MD , is a Professor in the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology at Stanford Medical Center and Stanford Children's Hospital. (childrenwithdiabetes.com)
  • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kilis State Hospital, Kilis-Türkiye. (bvsalud.org)
  • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Trabzon Kanuni Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon-Türkiye. (bvsalud.org)
  • Paediatric Hospital), South Sudan (strengthening emergency surgical services for war-related and other surgical emergencies in conflict-affected areas), Burundi and Zimbabwe (provision of immediate health care to populations affected by floods), Guinea and Liberia (for controlling the Ebola Viral Haemorrhagic Fever outbreak), and Cameroon (to provide emergency health intervention to Central African Republic refugees). (who.int)
  • 1] -- Many refugees from Iraq are Sunni professionals targeted by Shiite militias, Rosen said. (ufppc.org)
  • The family emigrated to the U.S. from Iraq under refugee status in their quest to find medical support for Husam. (hospicewr.org)
  • whether they're Palestinian refugees or Israelis who have been targeted by bombings, they share their own personal stories, so both sides can learn how things look the other way around. (marieclaire.com)
  • Following this event the United Nations General Assembly established the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) with the mandate of assisting registered Palestinian refugees in the fields of health, education and social relief in the occupied Palestinian territory and in countries hosting refugees (Jordan, Lebanon and Syrian Arab Republic). (who.int)
  • The deteriorating socioeconomic conditions among Palestinian refugees living in the occupied territory have caused a rise in the number of people living below the poverty line (US$ 2.8 per capita daily expenditure). (who.int)
  • The rapidity with which newly arrived refugees became infected precluded effective use of a cholera vaccine to prevent cases unless vaccination had occurred immediately upon camp arrival. (cambridge.org)
  • This uprising and its as the inherent infectious diseases, as refugees, further weakening state aftermath shaped the way humani- cancer and other noncommunica- capacity to maintain health systems. (who.int)
  • Swedish doctor Henry Ascher, together with Anders Hjern, claimed that it was due to trauma related to being refugees. (wikipedia.org)
  • This review details the evaluation and management of traumatic injuries in pediatric patients and gives some recommendations for improvements to trauma care in LMICs. (frontiersin.org)
  • This review details the evaluation and management of pediatric trauma in LMICs. (frontiersin.org)
  • Patients ' sociodemographic information, time to surgery , number of abdominal organs injured, type of firearm causing injury , presence of large vessel injury and extremity injury , presence of thoracic injury requiring thoracotomy in addition to laparotomy , colostomy , penetrating abdominal trauma index, pediatric trauma score (PTS), and shock status were evaluated. (bvsalud.org)
  • The penetrating abdominal trauma index and PTS were found to be effective in predicting mortality and morbidity in pediatric patients with PAFI. (bvsalud.org)
  • According to the Russian Federal Migration Service, there are over 800,000 Ukrainian refugees in Russia. (amma.org)
  • This puts in nauseating perspective remarks like that of Bush administration toady Ellen Sauerbrey , U.S. assistant secretary of state for population, refugees, and migration, who told Rosen 'We take the responsibility of being a compassionate nation seriously. (ufppc.org)
  • Based in Brussels, MSF Analysis intends to stimulate reflection and debate on humanitarian topics organised around the themes of migration, refugees, aid access, health policy and the environment in which aid operates. (msf.org)
  • Treatment, which can take months, requires access to paediatric intensive care. (bbc.com)
  • In DRC's Equateur province, MSF focuses on nutrition and primary and secondary health care for Central African refugees. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
  • Improved access to treatment and care of paediatric patients, and increased use of oral rehydration therapy, could decrease mortality. (cambridge.org)
  • General Practitioners can provide physical and mental health care, preventive health care, catch-up vaccinations, and refugee health screening. (rch.org.au)
  • The Noor Al Hussein Foundation, which I founded almost 25 years ago, has a health center that has been providing medical care, counseling, and pediatric services to refugees in and around our capital, Amman. (marieclaire.com)
  • The Wyss Wellness Center is a health and wellness center designed to provide clinical care and social services to the immigrant and refugee community of Philadelphia, regardless of insurance status. (jefferson.edu)
  • By partnering with SEAMAAC, a community based organization created to support the immigrant and refugee community, the center provides a platform to deliver full-spectrum primary care, social services, wellness activities, and other community focused programming. (jefferson.edu)
  • We screen approximately 5-10 new refugees each week and continue to provide ongoing care for these individuals, including management of chronic conditions, facilitating access to specialists, and providing obstetric and pediatric care. (jefferson.edu)
  • Within days, the DHA helped to craft a plan to provide additional pediatric care resources and eliminate the risk of any lapses in care for the local market area. (health.mil)
  • The overlook health inequalities and the Viewed alongside the limitations of impact of Libyan refugees seeking political economy of how health sys- basic public health surveillance sys- cancer care has been 2-fold: contrib- tems are designed, implemented, tems, these problems severely con- uting to the decline of Libyan cancer and governed. (who.int)
  • Contemporary conflicts and hu- refugee crises in the decades that fol- among refugees. (who.int)
  • The decolonization of Africa have emerged as a result of these icant impacts on demographically produced the first of that continent's new conflict-driven demographic dy- transitioned countries from Latin numerous refugee crises by the namics. (who.int)
  • SWEDEN SHOCKED BY ASSAULTS The issue of refugee minors is especially sensitive in Sweden. (yahoo.com)
  • of refugees and IDPs, at a time our research, it is clear that powerful populations is already limited. (who.int)
  • Results: No within-group differences were identified for the links between pain and any of PTSD clusters in the chronic pain and refugee groups. (lu.se)
  • Between group comparisons revealed a more pronounced relationship between hyperarousal and pain in the whiplash group, with no between-group differences between the chronic pain and refugee groups. (lu.se)
  • Clinical manifestations of Corynebacterium diphtheriae skin infections in patients at a refugee reception center in Freiburg. (cdc.gov)
  • Accepting new pediatric patients birth to 18 years old. (chcb.org)
  • The U.S. State Department will work to bring pediatric patients in Ukraine to the U.S. (lex18.com)
  • Traditional humani- roundings of refugees and internal y and the Syrian Arab Republic. (who.int)
  • The Wyss Wellness Center is an extension of the Jefferson Center for Refugee and Immigrant Health that was created by Dr. Altshuler in 2007. (jefferson.edu)
  • The rotation schedule for Akron Children's pediatric residents includes 13 rotational blocks per academic year. (akronchildrens.org)
  • Refugee Health is an integral component of our residency curriculum and affords our residents a unique learning and service opportunity. (jefferson.edu)
  • Through office and home visits, residents are able to build trust within the refugee community, improve their understanding of family systems, broaden their medical experience, and develop cultural competency. (jefferson.edu)
  • That update comes as satellite images just into CNN are showing the impact of the Israeli airstrikes in the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza. (cnn.com)
  • Today AVH provides cancer radiation therapy and pediatric kidney dialysis, along with other specialty services, to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. (paxchristiusa.org)
  • It is particularly striking that during an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, UNHCR does not even have sufficient funds to provide enough soap to refugee families or to fully equip health centres to provide basic services. (unhcr.org)
  • Refugees, Asylees, Cuban/Haitian Entrants, and Victims of Human Trafficking are eligible for the program services. (dekalbhealth.net)
  • Ambulance services are free in an emergency and public hospitals and related services are free for all refugees and asylum seekers, including asylum seekers in Community Detention. (rch.org.au)
  • Refugee health teams provide advice on referral pathways and services. (rch.org.au)
  • At the Rwamwanja Primary School, Ugandan and Congolese teachers work in double shifts to teach and support nearly 4,000 students from refugee and host communities. (unhcr.org)
  • UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for urgent support and responsibility-sharing from the international community to preserve and reinforce Uganda's model refugee policy of social inclusion and integration, amid surging needs, drastic funding cuts to global humanitarian programmes and fresh displacement into the country. (unhcr.org)
  • This year, 130,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and South Sudan have fled continuing violence to find safety in Uganda, putting further pressure on an overstretched humanitarian response. (unhcr.org)
  • These significant gains in refugee self-reliance and economic inclusion must be reinforced through sustainable support from the international community, including funding for humanitarian organizations such as UNHCR. (unhcr.org)
  • Although numerous NGOs, such as the Order of Malta or the France-based humanitarian aid NGO Première Urgence Internationale, have long operated in this Middle Eastern country to support refugees, the situation changed drastically after the August 2020 Beirut port explosion. (medscape.com)
  • Introduction Refugees and asylum seekers are vulnerable to common mental disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). (bmj.com)
  • Erosive/ulcerative wounds in refugees should undergo testing to rule out cutaneous diphtheria. (cdc.gov)
  • Ce rapport décrit la riposte du gouvernement pakistanais, aidé par les populations hôtes et par des partenaires de l'aide humanitaire pour faire face à la crise en ayant recours à l'approche modulaire pour protéger la santé des personnes déplacées à l'intérieur de leur propre pays, en particulier les mères et les enfants. (who.int)
  • Achievement of the diploma in pediatric dentistry requires completion of the clinical and didactic requirements associated with the diploma program in the Faculty of Dentistry, successful completion of the PhD in Craniofacial Science course requirements, and successful defense and submission of the thesis to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. (ubc.ca)
  • Australian David S. Ayliffe founded Humanity in Need - Rainbow Refugees to give them support (interviewed by Sydney correspondent Barry McKay). (thiswayout.org)
  • Neurological Sequelae due to Inborn Metabolic Diseases in Pediatric Refugees: Challenges in Treating the Untreated. (cdc.gov)
  • Boffman, J.L.H., Clark, N.J.M, & Helsel, D. (1997) Can NCAST and HOME Assessment Scales be used with Hmong Refugees? (bvsalud.org)
  • As a 16-year-old girl, Nathoo had to flee her wartorn homeland, coming to Canada as a refugee in 1972. (canadianimmigrant.ca)
  • English and Somali versions of a questionnaire administered via one-on-one interviews with persons about perceptions of TB in the African refugee women communities, cultural factors that influence the lives of African refugee women who have TB, and barriers and obstacles African refugee women face in initiating and completing TB and LTBI treatment. (cdc.gov)
  • What percentage of the U.S. refugee population is in Texas? (cdc.gov)
  • Her organisation Doctors 4 Refugees has not been allowed to visit Nauru but receives referrals from advocates for assessment and advice. (bbc.com)
  • Globally, funding shortfalls have forced UNHCR to introduce cuts to its lifesaving aid to refugees and forcibly displaced people in a number of operations across the world. (unhcr.org)
  • A refugee, as defined by the Refugee Act of 1980, is a person who is outside of and unable or unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of the home country because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. (dekalbhealth.net)
  • Geri Berg (left), a pediatric social worker who helped bring Mustafa to the U.S., hugs Mustafa's mother, Nidhal Aswad at the airport. (wmfe.org)
  • So, there are some specialties that are on the verge of disappearing altogether, like pediatric surgery, for example," said Haddad. (medscape.com)
  • Using a network meta-analysis (NMA) approach, the present systematic review compared and ranked psychosocial interventions for the treatment of PTSD in adult refugees and asylum seekers. (bmj.com)
  • Methods Randomised studies of psychosocial interventions for adult refugees and asylum seekers with PTSD were systematically identified. (bmj.com)