The State of the World's Refugees Adapting Health Responses to Urban Environments

Guterres A, Spiegel P. — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The forced displacement of populations, across borders and within their own countries, is one of the most visible and enduring manifestations of persecution and conflict. At the end of 2011, more than 42 million people had been forcibly displaced from their homes by conflict, including 15 million refugees and 26 million internally displaced people (IDPs). In 2011, more than 4.3 million people were newly uprooted, with some 800 000 fleeing to neighboring countries in humanitarian crises stretching from Côte d'Ivoire, Libya, Syria, the border between Sudan and South Sudan, to the Horn of Africa and more recently due to conflict in Mali.

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The State of the World's Refugees Adapting Health Responses to Urban Environments