Public health status of Myanmar refugees in South East Asia: A Malaysian case study
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports over 80 million people are displaced worldwide with approximately 26.3 million categorized as refugees and over a million residing temporarily in South East Asia. Despite the lack of national legislative framework in place for refugee...
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my.um.eprints.352852022-10-17T06:45:35Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/35285/ Public health status of Myanmar refugees in South East Asia: A Malaysian case study Hanapi, Izzah Ruzana Mohd Sahimin, Norhidayu Lewis, John Watkin Lau, Yee Ling Othman, Juliana Tedong, Peter Aning Zain, Siti Nursheena Mohd R Medicine RA Public aspects of medicine RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports over 80 million people are displaced worldwide with approximately 26.3 million categorized as refugees and over a million residing temporarily in South East Asia. Despite the lack of national legislative framework in place for refugees and asylum seekers (RAS), Malaysia hosts approximately 178,140 as registered with UNHCR and the majority originate from Myanmar. In this review, we examine refugees from South East Asia, particularly from Myanmar that have contributed to the largest influx of refugees to this region with a focus on their health status. The present study traces barriers to the health care of refugees in the country of asylum and also the challenges faced by these communities in accessing health services. Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2021-12 Article PeerReviewed Hanapi, Izzah Ruzana Mohd and Sahimin, Norhidayu and Lewis, John Watkin and Lau, Yee Ling and Othman, Juliana and Tedong, Peter Aning and Zain, Siti Nursheena Mohd (2021) Public health status of Myanmar refugees in South East Asia: A Malaysian case study. Tropical Biomedicine, 38 (4). pp. 594-604. ISSN 2521-9855, DOI https://doi.org/10.47665/tb.38.4.103 <https://doi.org/10.47665/tb.38.4.103>. 10.47665/tb.38.4.103 |
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports over 80 million people are displaced worldwide with approximately 26.3 million categorized as refugees and over a million residing temporarily in South East Asia. Despite the lack of national legislative framework in place for refugees and asylum seekers (RAS), Malaysia hosts approximately 178,140 as registered with UNHCR and the majority originate from Myanmar. In this review, we examine refugees from South East Asia, particularly from Myanmar that have contributed to the largest influx of refugees to this region with a focus on their health status. The present study traces barriers to the health care of refugees in the country of asylum and also the challenges faced by these communities in accessing health services. |
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Public health status of Myanmar refugees in South East Asia: A Malaysian case study |
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Public health status of Myanmar refugees in South East Asia: A Malaysian case study |
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Public health status of Myanmar refugees in South East Asia: A Malaysian case study |
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Public health status of Myanmar refugees in South East Asia: A Malaysian case study |
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