Introduction: Refugees encounter many obstacles en route to the United States. face very different disasters and response resources in US than their home countries. On arrival US, refugees receive a brief introduction disaster preparedness, but do not specific education based on country or final location of residence. This study aims determine preparedness levels Afghan Method: used modified Ge...

Iran is an actual neighboring state of Afghanistan and shares a long border 936 km. critical country with stakes in historical, cultural, economic, linguistic ties. After the withdrawal Soviet troops, civil war erupted Afghanistan; as result war, Taliban emerged supported Northern Alliance against militants. Tehran considered regime threat to its national security because follows Sunni sect Isl...

BACKGROUND The rates of psychiatric disorders might be very high in Afghanistan. The country has faced many years of war and violence and therefore this is hardly surprising. We are describing the results of a community survey conducted by clinicians in a small village of Eastern Afghanistan. This study was carried out to measure prevalence of psychiatric disorders among the people living in a ...

in western asia, afghan refugees constitute one of the main vulnerable populations with drug and hiv treatment needs. however, there is not considerable provision of drug and hiv services for this group. the study aimed to describe the provision of drug treatment and harm reduction services for afghan refugees in iran, the most populous persian gulf country. with the collaboration of the united...

Best vitelliform macular dystrophy is the second most common type of hereditary fundus dystrophies. Our case report describes twin brothers of Afghan family who developed Best vitelliform macular dystrophy. One of them developed choroidal neovascularization in one eye which was treated with single intravitreal injection of bevacizumab. The patient showed stable vision and did not have any recur...