Giornale Italiano di Medicina Tropicale
Volume 15, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 9-14

Health of Palestine refugees in the Eastern Mediterranean: Determinants and challenges (Review)

Sabatinelli G. , Riccardo F.* , Khader A. , Shahin Y. , Pace Shanklin S. , Ahmed A.
  • a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Health Department HQ, Amman, Jordan
  • b United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Health Department HQ, Amman, Jordan
  • c United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Health Department HQ, Amman, Jordan
  • d United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Health Department HQ, Amman, Jordan
  • e United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Health Department HQ, Amman, Jordan
  • f United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Health Department HQ, Amman, Jordan

Abstract

Since 1949, Palestine refugees have become the most numerous refugee group in the World. The humanitarian UN Agency UNRWA has been working for the past 60 years to protect them from the consequences of socio economic hardship providing primary health care, education and social relief in Jordan, Lebanon, West Bank, Gaza Strip and Syria. In this article the authors provide an overview of the determinants health and health status of Palestine refugees in the Eastern Mediterranean since the establishment of the Agency discussing the challenges that they still face.

Author Keywords

Health Refugees Palestine Eastern Mediterranean

Index Keywords

education unemployment refugee iron deficiency anemia Jordan poverty Syrian Arab Republic health care personnel retinol deficiency human economic aspect health service obesity health status social support fertility Palestine health Lebanon life expectancy Review socioeconomics prevalence government regulation politics Infant Mortality world health organization malnutrition health care facility primary health care health care delivery
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79851493860&partnerID=40&md5=86e153c8a2f15de10439be37e3323f4a
ISSN: 03943445
Original Language: English