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Deferred Enforced Departure status holder Marie Zar, who works as a nurse’s assistant, gets ready for work, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on March 29, 2019.

How Anti-Immigration Measures Could Deplete the U.S. Health Workforce

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The role of immigrants in health care has become more critical because of a worsening worker shortage

Preserving Refugee Health in Uganda

Preserving Refugee Health in Uganda

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Amid U.S. funding cuts, Uganda works to protect its rapidly growing refugee population from deadly diseases

Eastern Europe's Looming Health Crisis

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HIV is the European public health crisis the world isn't watching

Eastern Europe's Looming Health Crisis

For Syrian Refugees, Deadly Hazards Lurk in Camps

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Substandard living conditions leave Syrian refugees at a higher risk of injury than native Lebanese people

For Syrian Refugees, Deadly Hazards Lurk in Camps

Protecting the Health of Displaced People

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Employing a "leave no one behind" approach

Protecting the Health of Displaced People

Diabetes, Hypertension, and Heart Disease Don't Stop for War

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During humanitarian crises, chronic diseases become more complicated

Diabetes, Hypertension, and Heart Disease Don't Stop for War

The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Providing Health Care in Ukraine's Conflict Zone

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A Canadian physician reflects on his recent emergency medicine stint along the Ukrainian-Polish border

The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Providing Health Care in Ukraine's Conflict Zone

Aging and Displaced

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The health and well-being of millions of older people around the world are threatened by violence and war

Aging and Displaced

Health Care at Hungary's Border

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Hungary has opened its arms and its health-care resources to Ukrainians fleeing Russia's war

Health Care at Hungary's Border

The Fallout for People Forced to Leave Ukraine

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The short- and long-term health effects of the Russia-Ukraine war

The Fallout for People Forced to Leave Ukraine

The World's First Climate Change Conflict Continues

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Darfur is now on its own, fighting a forgotten war compounded by climate change

The World's First Climate Change Conflict Continues

In Kansas, Health Care Is Failing Pregnant Women Who Are Refugees

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"Appointments were fraught with the silence of uncomfortable providers"

A newborn Congolese baby yawns inside the maternity ward at the Kapangu maternity health centre in Kaniki-Kapangu, in Kasai Oriental Province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya