Globally, more than two billion persons have been infected at some time with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and approximately 3.5 million refugees have chronic HBV infection. The endemicity of HBV varies by region. Because chronic hepatitis B is infectious and persons with chronic infection benefit from treatment, CDC recommends screening for HBV among all refugees who originate in countries wher...

BACKGROUND Unlike US-bound refugees, asylum seekers (asylees) apply for asylum while residing in the United States and are not provided a medical screening. Infectious disease burden and vaccination needs have not been described among US asylees. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 630 asylees and 151 refugees referred to the District of Columbia (DC) Department of Health scr...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) developed and implemented a three-month project entitled Priority Medical Screening of Kosovar Refugees in Macedonia, within the Humanitarian Evacuation Program (HEP) for Kosovar refugees from FR Yugoslavia, which was adopted in May 1999. The project was based on an agreement with the office of United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR...

Abstract The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 deprived women and girls their fundamental rights. Taliban denied or severely restricted girls’ rights to education, work, healthcare, freedom movement, opinion expression, protection from gender-based violence. This article argues that the treatment Afghan amounts persecution, all should be recognised as refugees under 1951 Refugee ...

Afghan refugees are one of the most vulnerable migrant groups in terms food insecurity status around world. We aimed to investigate association between protracted refugees' and its socio– economic determinants Mashhad, Iran. In a cross– sectional design, information was gathered through face– to– face interviews with 299 main income earners or his/her representative Golshar district, quantitati...