Disease burden among refugees in camps on mainland Greece, 2016-2017: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the importance of baseline health data for evidence-informed decision-making, these data are rarely available for displaced populations. At the height of the European refugee crisis, most of those seeking asylum in Europe were from regions with high prevalences of communicable and non-communicable diseases. To create an epidemiologic profile for refugees in camps on mainland Greece, this study assessed the prevalence of 11 communicable and non-communicable diseases among refugees utilizing Médecins du Monde (MdM) in-camp clinics.

Methods

The proportional morbidity of selected diseases among individuals utilizing MdM services were determined from data collected at refugee camp clinics on mainland Greece from April 2016 - July 2017. Overall and age-specific

SUBMITTER: Scales SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10476303 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature