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Perceived facilitators and barriers to the provision of sexual and reproductive health services in response to the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon [PDF]

Women's Health, 2023
Background: The Syrian crisis has resulted in one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history. Inadequate access to and use of sexual and reproductive health services is a prevailing issue among adolescent girls and young refugee women in ...
Fouad M Fouad, Mahmoud Hashoush, Jasmin Lilian Diab, Dana Nabulsi, Sarah Bahr, Sarah Ibrahim, Theresa Farhat, Loulou Kobeissi   +7 more
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Minimum initial service package (MISP) for sexual and reproductive health for women in a displacement setting: a narrative review on the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon [PDF]

Reproductive Health, 2021
Background Women and girls are disproportionately affected in times of conflict and forced displacement, with disturbance in access to healthcare services leading to poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The minimal initial service package (MISP)
Dana Nabulsi, Maya Abou Saad, Hussein Ismail, Myrna A. A. Doumit, Fatima El-Jamil, Loulou Kobeissi, Fouad M. Fouad   +6 more
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COVID-19 Prevention Behaviours and Vaccine Acceptability, and Their Association with a Behaviour Change Campaign in Somalia: Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort

Vaccines, 2023
Somalia experienced its first wave of COVID-19 infections in March 2020 and has experienced fluctuating infection levels since. Longitudinal data on suspected cases of COVID-19, attitudes, and behaviours were collected by telephone interviews of cash ...
Andrew Seal, Mohamed Jelle, Mohamed Yusuf Hassan, Dek Abdi Farah, Faith Mueni Musili, Janet Micheni, George Samuel Asol, Meena Bhandari, Balint Nemeth   +8 more
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Improving screening and management of latent tuberculosis infection: development and evaluation of latent tuberculosis infection primary care model

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background In Australia, demand for specialist infectious diseases services exceeds capacity to provide timely management of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in areas of high refugee and asylum seeker settlement. A model for treating LTBI patients in
Marina Kunin, Mark Timlin, Chris Lemoh, David A. Sheffield, Alana Russo, Shegofa Hazara, Jacqueline McBride   +6 more
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Data innovation in response to COVID-19 in Somalia: application of a syndromic case definition and rapid mortality assessment method

Global Health Action, 2021
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of reliable public health data has been highlighted, as well as the multiple challenges in collecting it, especially in low income and conflict-affected countries.
Andrew Seal, Mohamed Jelle, Balint Nemeth, Mohamed Yusuf Hassan, Dek Abdi Farah, Faith Mueni Musili, George Samuel Asol, Carlos Grijalva-Eternod, Edward Fottrell   +8 more
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Ripple effects: integrating international medical graduates from refugee backgrounds into the health system in Australia

BMJ Global Health, 2022
The field of ‘refugee health’ is generally understood in terms of the efforts of health professionals from a host country to provide care for humanitarian entrants.
Bryan Mukandi, Mercy Moraa Nyanchoga, Donata Sackey, Rebecca Farley, Rachel Claydon   +4 more
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Providing Care by Telephone to Refugees and Asylum Seekers: An Evaluation of Telephone Mode-of-Care in Monash Health Refugee Health and Wellbeing Clinic in Victoria, Australia

Health Services Insights, 2022
An evaluation of accessibility, appropriateness, acceptability and efficiency of telephone consultations, implemented at Monash Health Refugee Health and Wellbeing (MH RHW) throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, was conducted.
Marina Kunin, Razia Ali, Chris Yugusuk, Annette Davis, Jacquie McBride   +4 more
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Factors contributing to the sharing of COVID-19 health information amongst refugee communities in a regional area of Australia: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) groups worldwide. Newly emerging CALD populations formed by recently arrived refugees are predisposed to even greater health disadvantages ...
Sunita Joann Rebecca Healey, Nafiseh Ghafournia, Peter D. Massey, Karinne Andrich, Joy Harrison, Kathryn Taylor, Katarzyna Bolsewicz   +6 more
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Immigrant and Refugee Health [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1998
Each year more than 15 million people seek political asylum or become refugees in various parts of the world. Most of these displaced persons are from developing countries where infectious diseases (e.g. tuberculosis hepatitis malaria various parasitic and emerging diseases) are prevalent. These persons migrate mainly to the United States Australia and
Susan T. Cookson, Ronald Waldman, Brian Gushulak, Douglas MacPherson, Frederick Burkle, Christophe Paquet, Erich Kliewer, Patricia Walker   +7 more
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Mental health in refugee children

Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022
Almost half of the world's forcibly displaced population are children, most commonly originating from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Health disparities are well documented, especially for mental health, but not consistent across groups, time or context. Despite high exposure to trauma and stress, refugee children also show remarkable resilience.
Cecilie Dangmann, Ragnhild Dybdahl, Øivind Solberg   +2 more
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