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Dire refugee emergencies
MSF’s Dr Shannon Jensen examines residents at one of the refugee camps Survival is not a game in the refugee camps of South Sudan, where keeping healthy and alive is better than any gold medal,...
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The care challenges posed by Syrian refugees
Examining a young refugee at the Dar al Zahraa hospital. The little girl has stomach pain, vomiting and fever Dr Aoife Doran — currently on a six-month posting with Médecins Sans Frontières in...
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Healthcare away from the crossfire
Dr Doran (far right) and her colleagues in the Dar al Zahraa clinic Dr Aoife Doran — currently on a six-month posting with Médecins Sans Frontières in Lebanon, just 31 kms from the Syrian border —...
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On the human capacity for survival
Following the discovery of a stowaway refugee in the wheel well of a flight from Johannesburg to London, Dr Muiris Houston reflects on the extreme physiological resilience needed to survive such a...
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Medico-Legal Society may lobby on direct provision
Prof Denis Cusack The Medico-Legal Society (MLS) has undertaken to consider lobbying for the implementation of a report on the reform of the asylum and direct provision systems, and against the...
View ArticleSuffering on Samos: A health profile of refugees
Award-winning fifth-year University College Dublin medical student Conor O’Brien reports on the health conditions of the thousands of refugees from Africa and the Middle East in the crowded migrant...
View ArticleHealth issues among Ukrainian refugees will challenge health system’s response
The people fleeing Ukraine will have specific health problems – requiring a different response from doctors – writes Dr Catherine Conlon Since the onset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 10...
View ArticleThere is an urgent need to protect Ukrainian refugees from...
Action must be taken to protect Ukrainian refugees in Ireland, many of whom are highly susceptible to diseases that could be prevented by vaccines, writes Dr Catherine Conlon The post There is an...
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