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The refugee crisis challenges national health care systems
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201642171
Subject(s) - refugee , refugee crisis , healthcare system , political science , health care , economic growth , development economics , economics , law
The ongoing refugee crisis is a major challenge for many countries that have to provide adequate health care for those arriving at their borders. This includes dealing with both infectious and chronic diseases and with the severe mental health problems from which many refugees suffer.