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Study highlights importance of integration of refugee and host health services in less-developed countries (pp 562, 611)
A study from Uganda in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how the support of humanitarian organisations to refugees in developing countries may inadvertently be creating a two-tier health system-with the host population having to cope with poorer health facilities than that provided by aid agencies to refugees. Since 1990, Uganda has... view more... (2004-08-11)
REFUGEE SERIES - 50 YEARS ON (pp 1384, 1425-37, 1454)
Half a century after the adoption of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, THE LANCET is this week publishing a series of thought-provoking articles concerning the health and human rights of the world's population of displaced people. The series of essays discusses a wide range of refugee issues in both less-developed and... view more... (2001-05-03)
Exile Groups Should Not be Excluded from Political Dialogue
EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.001 HRS SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER 2002 Members of exile movements are less likely to modify their aims and strategies if they are refused access to dialogue with the political establishment in their host country, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council at the London School of... view more... (2002-10-21)
Researchers discover ways of integrating treatment of traumatized Tibetan refugee monks
The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) at Boston Medical Center recently treated many of the large number of Tibetan refugee monks who fled violent religious persecution. These individuals arrived in Boston suffering from symptoms of traumatic stress, interfering with their meditative practice. view more (2009-03-13)
How Refugees And Their Families Contribute To British Life
The positive contribution of refugees and their families to British life will be highlighted at an event organised by the ESRC Families and Social Capital Research Group on June 21 as part of Social Science Week. The discussion entitled Refugees and their families: a national asset, which will be held at London South Bank University, will consist... view more... (2004-06-18)
NEW TOOLS FOR MAPPING REFUGEE CAMPS
During the first half of the 1990s Kenya experienced an unprecedented influx of refugees coming mainly from three neighbouring countries which were in the grip of dramatic civil war (Somalia, Ethiopia and the Sudan). Since 1997, after the voluntary or organized repatriation of several tens of thousands of people, four refugee camps remain. It is... view more... (1999-07-07)
PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG AFGHAN REFUGEE WOMEN (pp 639, 643)
A survey of Afghan refugees done before the events of September 11, 2001, published in this week's issue of THE LANCET, highlights how a lack of access to health care for women of reproductive age results in pregnancy and childbirth being major risk factors for death among these Afghan women. There are an estimated 3.6 million Afghan refugees,... view more... (2002-02-20)
Debunking the myths surrounding asylum seekers and health care (p 1904)
A Health and Human Rights article in this week's issue of THE LANCET calls for UK health-care professionals to counter the negative attitudes to asylum seekers often perpetuated by the media and immigration services. Ron Singer outlines the facts about UK immigration: Britain's 200,000 asylum seekers make up 0.3% of the total population; 80,000... view more... (2004-06-02)
Cholera vaccine could protect affected communities
A vaccine used to protect travelers from cholera, an infection characterized by diarrhea and severe dehydration, could also be used effectively among those living in cholera-prone (endemic) areas. view more (2007-11-27)
New type of emergency shelter could significantly improve conditions for Afghanistan refugees
A new type of shelter has been developed that could dramatically reduce the number of refugees that fall victim to hypothermia. Scientists have produced a tent lining that has superior thermal insulation to models currently used. It's predicted that the improved insulation of these tents will save up to 75% on fuel requirements. This means that... view more... (2002-02-20)
Fund Aims To Plug The Information Gap Between Rich And Poor Countries
The British Medical Association (BMA) and the British Medical Journal (BMJ) have set aside £30,000 a year to donate books and journals to medical centres and libraries in less developed countries and other areas of need. Already, the information fund has provided books requested by medical centres and libraries in Afganistan, Sierra Leone,... view more... (2003-02-10)
The future of engineering is female at the University of Surrey
The University of Surrey was pleased to welcome 52 young scientists to the annual Headstart programme. The week-long, residential, annual programme enables lower-sixth form science students to have an introduction to all the different engineering disciplines as well as a taste of campus life. The 17 young women on the course also acted as mentors... view more... (2004-07-26)
Portable imaging system will help maximize public health response to natural disasters
Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed a low-cost, high-resolution imaging system that can be attached to a helicopter to create a complete and detailed picture of an area devastated by a hurricane or other natural disaster. view more (2008-10-07)
Impoverished living conditions despite new settlement policy after the genocide in Rwanda
The goal of the new settlement policy for refugees and survivors of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 was to provide new accommodation for all who needed it. view more (2009-11-24)
TREATING CATTLE WITH INSECTICIDE - A NEW APPROACH FOR MALARIA CONTROL IN SOUTH ASIA (p 1837)
Insecticide treatment of livestock could be a new, cost-effective malaria-control strategy in south Asia, conclude authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Indoor spraying of houses with insecticide - the standard method of malaria control in south Asia - is becoming prohibitively expensive to implement and new approaches are... view more... (2001-06-06)
European Commission's Directorate General, Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) announces the creation of an Observatory for Environment and Sustainable Development for Africa
In close co-operation with the Directorates General for External Relations, Development and the EuropAid and Co-operation Office, the European Commission's Directorate General, Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) is contributing to European Union initiatives in Africa by developing a dedicated Environmental Information System based on satellite and... view more... (2005-02-16)
Iraqi officials study human rights at The University of Nottingham
Leading representatives of Iraq's fledgling justice system are studying human rights at The University of Nottingham. view more (2005-02-22)
Climate change poses a huge threat to human health
Climate change will have a huge impact on human health and bold environmental policy decisions are needed now to protect the world's population, according to the author of an article published in the BMJ today. view more (2008-01-25)
Space data unveils evidence of ancient mega-lake in northern Darfur
Researchers from the Boston University Center for Remote Sensing used recently acquired topographic data from satellites to reveal an ancient mega-lake in the Darfur province of northwestern Sudan. view more (2007-04-11)
Prevalent mental health problems three years after NATO bombing of Serbia
Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder "remain a significant public health concern" three years after the 1999 NATO campaign in Serbia, according to an article published this week in BMC Medicine. Refugees and people living in remote areas are particularly vulnerable to suffering from mental health problems. view more (2004-05-27)
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