International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 16, Issue 18, 2019

Is it possible to become a nurse in a Refugee camp? (Article) (Open Access)

López-Entrambasaguas O.M. , Martínez-Linares J.M.* , Calero-García M.J. , Linares-Abad M.
  • a Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas s/n, Edificio B3, Jaén, CP, 23017, Spain
  • b Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas s/n, Edificio B3, Jaén, CP, 23017, Spain
  • c Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas s/n, Edificio B3, Jaén, CP, 23017, Spain
  • d Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas s/n, Edificio B3, Jaén, CP, 23017, Spain

Abstract

The history of the Western Sahara has been marked by several events that have contributed to the protracted refugee situation in which the Sahrawi people have found themselves since 1975: the Spanish colonization and the subsequent decolonization process, the armed struggles between the indigenous population and the states of Morocco and Mauritania to occupy Western Saharan territory, assassinations and repression of the Sahrawi population, and the economic interests of external agents with regards to mineral resources. Twenty-five years ago, in the hostile environment of the Sahrawi refugee camps, a nursing school was founded. Essentially depending on foreign aid, this school has been responsible for training nursing professionals to meet the healthcare needs of the population. The aim of this paper is to provide an approach to the origin and evolution of nursing education for the Sahrawi refugee camps. The Sahrawi are the only refugee camps in the world to host such nursing schools. © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Author Keywords

Global health Refugee camps Nursing school International cooperation Nursing education

Index Keywords

Western Sahara education global health international cooperation nursing education refugee refugee camp health services Article health care indigenous population human experiment human public health
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85072524819&doi=10.3390%2fijerph16183414&partnerID=40&md5=8ac13e025f6690e933ceb445b325226d
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16183414
ISSN: 16617827
Original Language: English