Migrant and refugee health: Complex health associations among diverse contexts call for tailored and rights-based solutions

PLoS Med. 2020 Mar 31;17(3):e1003105. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003105. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Authors

Paul Spiegel¹, Kolitha Wickramage², Terry McGovern³

Affiliations

¹ Department of International Health and Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
² Migration Health Division, The UN Migration Agency, Manila, Philippines.
³ Global Health Justice and Governance, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, New York, United States of America.

Abstract

In an Editorial, Guest Editors Paul Spiegel, Terry McGovern and Kol Wickramage discuss the Special Issue on Refugee and Migrant Health.

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Health Status*
Human Rights*
Humans
Refugees*
Transients and Migrants*

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.