Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T20:33:54 RDF description of Partnerships that facilitate a refugee's journey to wellbeing - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn230 Ethnic Groups document-rn230 Collaboration Partnerships that facilitate a refugee's journey to wellbeing <p>The current global refugee crisis involves 65.3 million persons who have been displaced from their homes or countries of origin. While escaping immediate harm may be their first priority, displaced people go on to face numerous health risks, including trauma and injuries, malnutrition, infectious diseases, exacerbation of existing chronic diseases, and mental health conditions. This crisis highlights the importance of building capacity among health-care providers, scientists, and laboratorians to understand and respond to the health needs of refugees. The November 2016 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) conference in Atlanta will feature an interactive exhibit entitled "The Refugee Journey to Wellbeing" and three symposia about refugee health. The symposia will focus on tropical disease challenges in refugee populations, careers in refugee health, and recent experiences of governmental agencies and nongovernmental organizations in responding to the global refugee crisis. We invite ASTMH attendees to attend the exhibit and symposia and consider contributions they could make to improve refugee health through tropical disease research or clinical endeavors.<p> Immigrants public 95 Mental Disorders 5 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0657 American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 20656 13038 Injuries Infectious Diseases Cross Cultural Health Care Health Status 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 Research Support