Refugee health clinics grapple with demand

Why doctors must grapple with health economics?

Medical journals are publishing more and more articles that report on not just the medical but also the economic consequences of treatment. The main constraints on health care are now more financial than medical or technical, and the separation of clinical judgment from financial responsibility will soon end-clinical budgeting, for example, is just around the corner. More doctors are becoming f...

Malawi health workers grapple with rising incidence of rape.

Refugee health.

At the end of 2008 there were approximately 42 million people around the world who had been forcibly displaced from their homeland. As a signatory to the United Nations Refugee Convention, Australia resettles over 13 000 refugees each year, with 4000 settling in New South Wales (NSW). In 2007–2008, most of these people originated from Burma, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan and Liberia. The majority co...

Refugee Health

Reproductive Tract Disorders among Afghan Refugee Women Attending Health Clinics in Haripur, Pakistan

Afghans comprise one of the largest groups of refugees in the world, with the majority living in Pakistan. The objective of this study was to identify commonly-occurring reproductive tract infections (RTIs), describe knowledge of women about RTIs, and assess physical and behavioural factors contributing to the development of RTIs. Afghan women presenting at Basic Health Units in refugee camps i...