Public health status of Myanmar refugees in South East Asia: A Malaysian case study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2021
Abstract
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports over 80 million people are displaced worldwide with approximately 26.3 million categorized as refugees and over a million residing temporarily in South East Asia. Despite the lack of national legislative framework in place for refugees and asylum seekers (RAS), Malaysia hosts approximately 178,140 as registered with UNHCR and the majority originate from Myanmar. In this review, we examine refugees from South East Asia, particularly from Myanmar that have contributed to the largest influx of refugees to this region with a focus on their health status. The present study traces barriers to the health care of refugees in the country of asylum and also the challenges faced by these communities in accessing health services.
Keywords
Health, Refugees, Asylum seekers, Myanmar, Malaysia
Divisions
fac_eng
Funders
Impact Oriented Interdisciplinary Research Grant (IIRG)[IIRG002A-2020SAH],Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE) Program (Vector-Rodents)[MO002-2019]
Publication Title
Tropical Biomedicine
Volume
38
Issue
4
Publisher
Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine