GENEVA – Important achievements in preventing deaths and improving access to health services for refugees are at risk from the current funding uncertainty, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning.

As Ukranian refugees start to enter into the UK, the Home Office needs to turn their attention to their health needs, including physical and mental trauma, as well as chronic diseases, many of which ...

Refugees are individuals who have been forced to flee their home country due to persecution, war, or violence, often leaving behind family, possessions, and familiar surroundings in search of safety.

In a recent article for The Inquirer, Marc Altshuler, MD, director of the Philadelphia-based Jefferson Center for Refugee Health, discussed the important role hospitals and health systems play in ...

Millions of children worldwide have fled violent conflict to relocate to safer places like the United States. Studies show that refugee kids in this country experience high levels of anxiety, ...

New Hampshire's refugee resettlement program is fully funded with federal money. HB1706 would keep the state’s health and human services department from disbursing that money to different resettlement ...

Tiwana is a public health researcher, licensed dentist, and global health equity advocate. In the 2019 WHO STEPS survey of Jordan — a country hosting millions of displaced people — I expected to see ...

The refugee health testing clinic that has been operational at the Clark County Combined Health District (CCHD) for over two months has seen nearly 60 patients. The clinic, which was piloted with a ...

Countries across Latin America are calling on refugee and migrant health workers to support their national responses to COVID-19. Across the region, thousands are now working with national health ...

In 2013, 194 countries adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020. This plan acknowledged the growing burden of mental health issues and ...