The Refugee Health Partnership

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

Immigrant and refugee health.

Each year, more than 15 million people seek political asylum or become refugees in various parts of the world. Most of these displaced persons are from developing countries where infectious diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, hepatitis, malaria, various parasitic and emerging diseases) are prevalent. These persons migrate mainly to the United States, Australia, and Canada, nations that receive inflow...

Refugee health screening.

Refugee and Immigrant Health Care

Refugee/asylee: A person who, because of a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, is forced to flee the country of his or her nationality and is unwilling or unable to seek the protection of his or her government. Refugee status is determined by Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) before...