Providing basic health services in complex humanitarian situations during a pandemic presents significant challenges. Our experience working with internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique has taught us that a health intervention can only be successful…
Colombia’s Afro-descendant population represents approximately 12% of all internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country. Thousands of Afro-descendant communities and families have been forced to leave their lands, moving to peripheral urban areas in cities such as Bogotá, Medellín and…
The outbreak of COVID-19 has derailed employment and trade, and has jeopardised life in general. The adverse effects of the pandemic are innumerable but have been felt most by the most vulnerable members of the globe – refugees. In the…
According to one of the foundation stories of public health, in 1854 John Snow removed the handle from a pump in London – the water source used by local residents who were dying of a mysterious disease. At the time,…
Uganda hosts an estimated 1.4 million refugees mainly from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. To improve long-term sustainability, Uganda’s Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) and UNHCR have begun transferring management of water supply schemes to the…
Before the emergence of COVID-19, UNHCR had been working for several years in the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on ways to engage with local health authorities to improve access to health services for asylum seekers and refugees. The onset…
اضطرّ أهل المعونة الإنسانية إلى أن يتعرَّفوا كوڤيد 19 وهم يستجيبون لهذا الداء الجديد. فمنذ بدأَ كان من المعروف أنّ المعمولَ بهِ في النظافة الأساسية، مثل غسل اليدين غَسْلاً حَسَناً، يمكن أن يعين على منعِ انتقاله. ومع ذلك، ليس في…
Forcibly displaced populations are repeatedly exposed to public health risks and threats when they leave behind their social networks, livelihoods, service providers, and infrastructures. Displaced people often see their health weakened during their displacement journey because they lack food and…
إذا تُكُلِّمَ في أمر اتفاقية اللاجئين لعام 1951 وتطبيقها في بنغلاديش على سياق حال اللاجئين الروهنغيِّين، فمعظم ما سيجيئ في الكلام هو من قَبِيل ما يلي: «ما صدَّقت بنغلاديش اتِّفاقيةَ اللاجئين لعام 1951 ولا بروتوكولَها [...]». نعم، هذا القول دقيق…
مع سَعْيِ مفوضيَّة اللاجئين إلى سدّ ثغرة كبيرة ما تزال تكبر بين كلفة الأعمال وبين المِنح، قصدت الهيئة إلى «أسواقٍ مُتناميةٍ» جديدةٍ للتمويل الخَيْريّ القائم على الدولة، وكثير من هذه الأسواق قائمةٌ في الدول الغنيَّة غير الموقِّعة. ولهذا تبعاتٌ في…