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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides two major categories of refugee health guidelines: The overseas medical screening guidelines provide panel physicians guidance on the overseas pre-departure presumptive treatments for malaria and intestinal parasites. These screenings are usually conducted days to weeks before the refugee ...
A hospital in a camp for refugees of the Nigerian-Biagfran Civil War, late 1960s (CDC). Refugee health is the field of study on the health effects experienced by people who have been displaced into another country or even to another part of the world, as a result of unsafe circumstances such as war or persecution.
USCRI helps refugees and other individuals lay a solid foundation for a healthy start in the U.S. through the Refugee Medical Assistance and Refugee Medical Screening Programs. All refugees receive a health screening before arriving in the United States. USCRI’s Refugee Health Services program provides newly arrived refugees with health ...
The Division of Global Migration Health (DGMH), formerly the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine is the part of the U.S. government responsible for U.S. Quarantine Stations and issuing quarantine orders. It is part of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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Immigrant health care is considered distinct from citizen health care, due to intersecting socioeconomic factors and health policies associated with immigration status. Disparities in health care usage, coverage, and quality are also observed, not only between immigrants and citizens but also among immigrant groups as well. [2]
The CDC collects and publishes health information for travelers in a comprehensive book, CDC Health Information for International Travel, which is commonly known as the "yellow book." [ 92 ] The book is available online and in print as a new edition every other year and includes current travel health guidelines, vaccine recommendations, and ...
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is a program of the Administration for Children and Families, an office within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, created with the passing of the United States Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212).