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- 1. Health Concerns in Refugee Camps By Katherine MacGregor, Rachel Ding, Rachel Rodrigo, and Jill Rankin
- 2. Communicable Diseases in Refugee Camps in East Africa By Jill Rankin
- 3. Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) • At risk because of overcrowding, suboptimal living conditions, and malnutrition. • High infection rate among children under 5 • Viral infections can cause chronic asthma • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and adenovirus ( Adv) • Pneumonia • People in camps more at risk because of the camp system.
- 4. Malaria • Caused by infected mosquitos who carry a parasite called Plasmodium and bite the host. • Two thirds of worlds refugees are living in malaria endemic regions • Women and children most at risk • Significant cause of mortality and morbidity among refugees • Solution- prevent infection by use of mosquito nets and mosquito repellent with deet.
- 5. Diarrheal diseases • Cholera • Dysentery • Result from? • Accounted for 40% of deaths in acute phase of emergency in these camps. • Source of infection: polluted water sources, contamination of water during transport and storage, scarcity of soap, shared cooking pots, contaminated foods. • 60% from Cholera and 40% caused by shigella dysentery.
- 6. Measles • Often endemics occur because of emergencies • Overcrowding causes fast transmission • Frequency of severe measles higher in malnourished children • Blindness occurs because of vitamin A deficiency
- 7. Non-Communicable Diseases in Refugee Camps By Rachel Rodrigo
- 8. School of Thought • Change in Global Understanding • View and treatment • Change in Global Health Regulation • Adjust World Health Organization • United Nations Policy • What are the limitations of this policy? • Why? • How can they change?
- 9. Chronic Disease • Lack of knowledge • Heavy usage of tobacco • Lack of treatment options (resources) • Types • PPD • Hepatitis B • Heart Disease • New disease spreading with ‘globalization’ and ‘development’
- 10. Plan of Action • Education • For both recipients & doctors • Severity • Treatment • Precautions • Change in Global View • Policy Changes • Health Changes
- 11. Psychosocial/Ment al Health Concerns in Refugee Camps By Rachel Ding
- 12. Why Address Mental Health? • National indicators & Personal accounts • Attest to the significance of mental health issues • Psychosocial needs • Basic emotional and relational needs • Mental health’s relation to physical health • Psychiatric distress affects physical well- being
- 13. Underlying Causes & Effects of Mental Health Issues • Causes • War trauma, Post-traumatic stress, Depression • Struggle to process memories of war, violence, family tragedies, etc. • Psychiatric distress especially among youth • Effects • Intra- and inter-community conflicts • Stagnation • From the individual to community level
- 14. Gaps & Limitations in Mental Healthcare Delivery • Scant availability of services • Scarcity of mental health workers available for aid • Limited uptake of services • Due to social stigmas associated with mental illness • Predetermined coping strategies • Silence, stoicism and suppression • Keep many in stagnation
- 15. Approaches to Addressing Mental Illness • Contextualizing mental issues • Socially & Culturally • Performing psychosocial needs assessments • Ex. Cairo, Egypt • Classroom-based group intervention programs • Ex. Trauma Center based out of Boston, MA
- 16. Solutions to Health Concerns in Refugee Camps By Katherine MacGregor
- 17. Structural Issues • Education • Teaching good habits etc. • Making people aware of health threats • Sanitation and hygiene • Keeping disease from spreading • Access to clean water • Malnutrition, malnourishment, dehydration • Building habitants’ immunity so they can avoid and combat disease
- 18. Immunization • Proactivity to problems • Getting people immunized before disease impacts habitants of camp • Reactivity to problem • Immunizations in the face on oncoming epidemic • Issue: Patient health records • Tracking who has been immunized and who hasn’t been (and against what)
- 19. Distribution of Resources • Equity issues • Who should be given health aid? • Who get immunized? • How to make sure everyone who needs aid is getting it (i.e. marginalized groups) • Logistics • Difference between emergency situations and long term situations • How to distribute aid amongst a group of transient people?
Notes de l'éditeur
- The camp system of registration, food, water, and fire- wood distribution encourages crowding of large groups in small, confined spaces. In addition, malnutrition, high population density and poor shelter conditions may con- tribute to the elevated rates seen in this population.
- Results from inadequate quality and quantity of water, substandard and insufficient sanitation facilities, overcrowding.\\, poor hygiene, and scarcity of soap.