About this Research Topic
Millions of people are forcibly displaced every year. Once they reach their destination, often a low- or middle-income country facing its own challenges, refugees remain among the most vulnerable members of society. Crucially, the difficulties refugees encounter are not just economic and social, but also medical. Indeed, refugees are more likely to experience physical and mental health issues, while having less access to healthcare. This suggests their right to health is not being met; it also highlights health risks for the whole population, as the recent Covid-19 pandemic so vividly illustrates. To quote from the Report on the health of refugees and migrants in the WHO European Region: “No Public Health without Refugee and Migrant Health”. This is a multifaceted problem of planetary scale calling for global solutions.
This collection welcomes articles on a variety of related topics, including, but not limited to:
• health issues affecting refugees before, during, and after their journey
• mental health issues faced by refugees and approaches to treating them
• strategies for public health education and promotion, as it concerns refugees specifically
• policies to increase refugees’ access to healthcare and tackle related public health emergencies
• strategies to address these issues, in terms of both prevention and treatment, at a national and/or global level.
Keywords: refugee health, forced displacement, migration, health inequalities, healthcare access, mental health, WHO, World Refugee Day 2023, public health
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