The refugee crisis in Africa and implications for health and disease: A political ecology approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1637-1653

  Kalipeni, Ezekiel ^a   Oppong, Joseph ^b  

^a 220 Davenport Hall MC 150 U ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Health and disease; Political ecology; Refugee crisis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REFUGEE; SERVICE PROVISION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REFUGEE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

AFRICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROWDING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOLOGY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICS; REFUGEES; RELIEF WORK; SANITATION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; VIOLENCE; WAR; WORLD HEALTH;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032526945     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10129-0     Document Type: Article

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