Access to Healthcare Services and Essential Medicines in GREEK Migrant Camps: an Online Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: During the last years, Greece has become the entry point of a high number of migrants and asylum seekers. The aim of this study was to assess the access to selected fields of primary healthcare, to emergency medical care, secondary healthcare and essential medicines among populations living in reception, temporary accommodation, and detention centres (migrant camps) in Greece. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted based on a self-administered questionnaire. Participants included indviduals working or volunteering in migrant camps in Greece. 64 individuals participated in this study. The most common health problem among people residing in migrant camps was mental health conditions. The access to each field of primary healthcare was assessed as minimum to non-existent by most of the

SUBMITTER: Farmakioti E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9676798 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature