Humanitarian and primary healthcare needs of refugee women and children in Afghanistan

BMC Medicine

Commentary

Zelaikha Anwari¹  Karen Edmond²  Khaksar Yousufi²  Ariel Higgins-Steele³  David Lai⁴  Paata Chikvaidze⁴  Richard Peeperkorn⁴ 

[1] Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan;UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office, Kabul, Afghanistan;UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office, Kabul, Afghanistan;UNICEF Afghanistan, United Nations Office Complex in Afghanistan (UNOCA), Jalalabad Road, Kabul, Afghanistan;World Health Organization Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan;

关键词: Refugees;    Returnees;    Afghanistan;    Women;    Children;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12916-017-0961-y

 received in 2017-08-29, accepted in 2017-10-18,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This Commentary describes the situation and healthcare needs of Afghans returning to their country of origin. With more than 600,000 Afghans returned from Pakistan and approximately 450,000 Afghans returned from Iran in 2016, the movement of people, which has been continuing in 2017, presents additional burden on the weak health system and confounds new health vulnerabilities especially for women and children. Stewardship and response is required at all levels: the central Ministry of Public Health, Provincial Health Departments and community leaders all have important roles, while continued support from development partners and technical experts is needed to assist the health sector to address the emergency and primary healthcare needs of returnee and internally displaced women, children and families.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2017