BACKGROUND Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease with a significant public health impact especially among displaced populations due to their characteristic mass population displacement, high population density in camps and low measles vaccination coverage among children. While the fatality rate in stable populations is generally around 2%, evidence shows that it is usually high amon...

OBJECTIVE Describing and analysing socio-economic stabilisation scenarios for populations which have been forcibly displaced paying special attention to the situation of children and adolescents. METHOD The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) multi-criteria decision-making method developed by Professor Thomas Saaty was used through expert workshops, involving researchers, leaders of NGOs and dis...

Ensuring access to vaccines against COVID-19 for refugee and displaced populations addressing health inequities are vital an effective pandemic response.

Scaphoid fractures are a common injury in young, active populations. Non-displaced fractures have a high union rate if promptly treated with cast immobilization. Displaced fractures and proximal pole fractures are best treated with operative fixation. There are a variety of techniques and implants available to the surgeon. The surgical approach and fixation device should be based on fracture ch...

Abstract Background Of the 80 million forced displaced persons worldwide, women and children bear greater morbidity mortality, especially in conflict-affected regions. This is due to disruption health service provision, breakdown of social institutions increase sexual gender-based violence. Reproductive (RH) delivery as part humanitarian cluster services outlined Minimum Initial Service Package...

Public health communication is the production and exchange of information to inform, influence or motivate the target audience to enable desirable, sustainable health practices at individual, community and institutional levels. This paper explores key issues relating to health communication in refugees and other displaced populations, i.e. the “hardly reached”.1 Though there are several challen...

CONTEXT Despite increasing awareness of the importance of reproductive health programs and services for refugee and internally displaced populations, there is a paucity of basic epidemiological data on reproductive health outcomes. OBJECTIVES To collect data on reproductive health outcomes among refugees and internally displaced persons in postemergency phase camps and compare these outcomes ...