Humanitarian and primary healthcare needs of refugee women and children in Afghanistan

Abstract This Commentary describes the situation and healthcare needs of Afghans returning to their country of origin. With more than 600,000 Afghans returned from Pakistan and approximately 450,000 Afghans returned from Iran in 2016, the movement of people, which has been continuing in 2017, presen...

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Main Authors: Ariel Higgins-Steele, David Lai, Paata Chikvaidze, Khaksar Yousufi, Zelaikha Anwari, Richard Peeperkorn, Karen Edmond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0961-y