EMBO Reports
Volume 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 492-495

The refugee crisis challenges national health care systems: Countries accepting large numbers of refugees are struggling to meet their health care needs, which range from infectious to chronic diseases to mental illnesses (Article)

Hunter P.*
  • a London, United Kingdom

Abstract

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. © 2016 The Author.

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84960463017&doi=10.15252%2fembr.201642171&partnerID=40&md5=f36f681fd00881f6267b99f7a873b2ed

DOI: 10.15252/embr.201642171
ISSN: 1469221X
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English