Thematic Focus: Health

"Antiretroviral Therapy for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: A Call for Equity," PLoS Medicine 11(6): e1001643 (June 2014) [open access]

Assessment and Management of Conditions Specifically Related to Stress: mhGAP Intervention Guide Module (WHO & UNHCR, 2013) [text]

"Cancer in Refugees in Jordan and Syria between 2009 and 2012: Challenges and the Way Forward in Humanitarian Emergencies," The Lancet Oncology, vol. 15, no. 7 (June 2014) [free full-text]
- Note: Free registration required to access the full-text.  See also related UNHCR news story.

"Conflict and Health: Seven Years of Advancing Science in Humanitarian Crises," Conflict and Health 8:7 (May 2014) [open access]

"A Focus Group Study of Healthy Eating Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers among Adult and Adolescent Immigrants and Refugees in the United States," International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 11:63 (May 2014) [open access]

"Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence in Maela Refugee Camp on the Thai-Myanmar Border: A Clinical Report," Global Health Action, vol. 7 (May 2014) [open access]

"Health Care Utilization for Acute Illnesses in an Urban Setting with a Refugee Population in Nairobi, Kenya: A Cross-sectional Survey," BMC Health Services Research 14:200 (May 2014) [open access]

Neurofeedback Treatment for Traumatized Refugees: A Pilot Study (Lund University, 2014) [text]

Policy Statement on HIV Testing and Counselling for Refugees and Other Persons of Concern to UNHCR (UNHCR, 2014) [text]
- Updated version.

"A Three Year Descriptive Study of Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis in a Refugee Population on the Thailand Myanmar Border," BMC Infectious Diseases 13:601 (Dec. 2013) [open access]

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- Thematic Focus: Health (5 May 2014)

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