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Health care in refugee camps [PDF]

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1998
Over the last 20 years, influxes of refugees and population displacements have occurred mostly in countries which have neither the resources nor the capacity to deal with them. For example, countries such as Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Republique Democratique du Congo (Zaire), that have a gross national product per inhabitant less than USlfG ...
Luxemburger, C, Rigal, J, Nosten, F
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Leishmaniasis in refugee and local Pakistani populations. [PDF]

, 2004
The epidemiology of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis was investigated in northwest Pakistan. Results suggested similar patterns of endemicity in both Afghan refugee and Pakistani populations and highlighted risk factors and household clustering of ...
Said Agha, Mark Rowland, Rowland, Mark, Brooker, Simon, Jan Kolaczinski, Adil, Khaksar, Mohammed, Nasir, Simon Brooker, Reithinger, Richard, Kolaczinski, Jan, Nasir Mohammed, Agha, Said, Khaksar Adil, Richard Reithinger, Ali, Iftikhar, Iftikhar Ali   +15 more
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The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe, Judith Bessant, Madeline Drake   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovative health financing for refugees [PDF]

BMC Medicine, 2018
More than 65 million persons are currently forcibly displaced, of whom more than 22 million are refugees. Conflicts are increasing, and existing ones are becoming more protracted; a refugee remains a refugee for more than 10 years. Funding for refugee assistance comes primarily from high-income countries after an emergency has occurred.
Paul Spiegel, Rebecca Chanis, Antonio Trujillo   +2 more
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Refugee women in the UK: factors affecting engagement with mental health services [PDF]

, 2011
Section A. This paper opens with a broad overview of theoretical and empirical literature on refugee mental health. It highlights a relative weakness in the understandings of post-migration mental health, particularly in the context of female refugees ...
Eziefula, U.
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The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide, Linda Harrison, Sandie Wong, Frances Press, Belinda Davis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Refugee-like migrants have similar health needs to refugees: a New Zealand post-settlement cohort study

BJGP Open, 2020
Background: Refugees and asylum seekers have specific health and social care needs on arrival in a resettlement country. A third group — migrants with a refugee-like background (refugee-like migrants) — are less well defined or understood.
Jonathan Donald Kennedy, Serena Moran, Sue Garrett, James Stanley, Jenny Visser, Eileen McKinlay   +5 more
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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice at the ‘Shop Front’: The Potential and Limitations of Meeting Legal Need Through Technology

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings, Art Cotterell, Farzana Bruce   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source