WHO guidance for refugees in camps: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The circumstances of people living in refugee camps means that they have distinct medical care requirements. Our objective is to describe clinical guidance in published WHO guidelines that refer to people living in refugee camps; and how evidence and context are used and reported in making recommendations.

Design

Systematic review and analysis of WHO guidelines approved by the organisation's quality oversight body and published between 2007 and 2018. We sought for key terms related to camps and humanitarian settings, and identified text that included guidance. We compared this to Mèdecins Sans Frontièrs (MSF) guidelines.

Results

No WHO guideline published in the last 10 years focused exclusively on clinical guidance for healthcare in camp settings. Seven gu

SUBMITTER: Blundell H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731884 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature