Erschienen in:
18.05.2016 | CORRESPONDENCE
The Syrian refugees crisis brings challenges to the health authorities in Europe: hepatitis A virus is a case in point
verfasst von:
Nada Melhem, Khalil Kreidieh, Sami Ramia
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Epidemiology
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Ausgabe 7/2016
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Excerpt
The ongoing 3-year Syrian Civil war has left hundreds of thousands killed or wounded in addition to the displacement of more than 6.5 million Syrians throughout the world [
1]. According to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR), the bulk of those displaced are hosted by neighboring countries: Lebanon (approximately 1.2 million people), Jordan (approximately 650,000), Iraq (approximately 250,000) and Turkey (approximately 1.9 million) [
1]. It has been reported that slightly more than 10 % of the displaced Syrian refugees are seeking safety in Europe. The majority of the Syrian refugees in Europe are concentrated in Serbia and Germany (57 %) compared to 31 % in Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Netherlands and Bulgaria, and 12 % in the remaining 37 European Countries [
2]. These numbers are increasing daily along with the associated challenge of their adequate settlement [
3]. …