Over 💯 million people are forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution - at no time have more 👵👦🏿👩🏻🦰👨🏽👩🏾🍼🧕🏿 been on the move.
On #WorldRefugeeDay & every day, WHO stands #WithRefugees around the 🌏🌍🌎 to protect their health & well-being.
It's #WorldRefugeeDay
The right to health is a human right❗️
Refugees and migrants are among the most vulnerable people in the world 🌏🌍🌎. Ensuring that they have access to quality, essential health services is critical to achieve #HealthForAll.
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It's #WorldRefugeeDay
🛑 HEALTH does not begin or 🔚 at a country’s border 🛑
To achieve #HealthForAll, WHO is committed to ensuring that refugee & migrant health is incorporated into all health responses, everywhere.
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It's #WorldRefugeeDay
Refugees & migrants may face unique challenges in accessing healthcare during their journeys & in host countries due to:
🚧 language and cultural differences
🚧 institutional discrimination
🚧 restricted use of health services
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It's #WorldRefugeeDay
✅ Everyone…
✅ Everywhere…
✅ At any time…
…should be able to enjoy the right to health and access high-quality health services that are:
✅ sensitive to their needs
✅ appropriate for their culture and needs
✅ without financial impediment
We are live on @TwitterSpaces:
🔊 Listen to the discussion with Dr Salim Mohamednour - National Health Coordinator with WHO Sudan. Send your question on migrant & refugee health in #Sudan 🇸🇩 using #AskWHO.
#WorldRefugeeDay
It's #WorldRefugeeDay
Addressing the needs of refugees & migrants with well-functioning, inclusive health services:
✅ protects the health of both migrants & host communities
✅ contributes to integration, social & economic development
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It's #WorldRefugeeDay
Refugees living in Abu Gaw in North Darfur, #Sudan 🇸🇩 , reopened their previously damaged village health centre. It is now fully restored. WHO provides the health care centre with medicines, equipment and staff training.
It's #WorldRefugeeDay
A healthier, fairer, and safer world means everyone, regardless of their migration status, has access to basic services, including health services.
Let's ensure #HealthForAll because:
HEALTH IS A HUMAN RIGHT
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