Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and access to health care and medications among Yazidis and other minority groups displaced by ISIS into the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and access to health care and medications among Yazidis and other minority groups displaced by ISIS into the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Abstract Background The increasing caseload of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in displaced populations poses new challenges for humanitarian agencies and host country governments in the provision of health care, diagnostics and medications. This study aimed to characterise the prevalence of NCDs a...

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Main Authors: Valeria Cetorelli, Gilbert Burnham, Nazar Shabila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Conflict and Health
Subjects:
Iraq
Kurdistan Region
Displacement
Yazidis
Non-communicable diseases
Access to health care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13031-017-0106-0

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