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The Role of the Zairian Health Services in the Rwandan Refugee Crisis
Author(s) -
PORIG DENIS,
NOTERMAN JEANPIERRE,
HENNART PHILLIPE,
TONGLET RENÉ,
SORON'GANE ETIENNE MUGISHO,
LOKOMBE TARCISSE ELONGO
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1995.tb00356.x
Subject(s) - refugee , public health , refugee crisis , population , political science , health care , environmental health , economic growth , medicine , nursing , economics , law
In July 1994, a stream of Rwandan refugees entered the southern part of North Kivu Region, Zaire. The public health consequences of this crisis for the host population and health services have not been analysed up to now. The lack of human and financial resources did not prevent Zairian health structures and personnel from taking care of the many refugees settled outside the camps, following their arrival. The public health consequences of the crisis for the local population should be considered an integral part of the disaster.