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Health of migrants and refugees under the WHO magnifying glass

MedExpress Team

Medexpress

Published July 29, 2022 10:25

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The World Health Organization has for the first time produced a detailed Report on the Health of Migrants and Refugees. It is a response to the lack of a coherent policy related to caring for the health of representatives of these groups and indicates the direction of action for countries around the world.

The worsening food crisis and climate change, economic collapse and poverty are forcing thousands of people to leave their homes and look for a better future. Globally, we are talking about a billion people - currently every eighth person in the world does not live in the region of his birth. By 2050, due to climatic conditions alone, another 200 million could join them.

The latest WHO report, addressing the health of migrants and refugees for the first time, indicates that both groups are to varying degrees excluded from healthcare in their countries of residence. The reasons are, among oth...

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