Not On Our Watch Grant to UNICEF to Support Critical Protection Programs for Zimbabwean Refugee Children

Immediate Funds to Improve Care and Protection of Migrant Children in South Africa NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Not On Our Watch, the international advocacy and aid organization founded by actors George Clooney , Don Cheadle , Matt Damon , Brad Pitt , producer Jerry We...

Global Creative, Media and Technology Agency LBi Launches Cutting Edge Social Movement for the British Red Cross in Support of Refugee Week

STOCKHOLM, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The British Red Cross are asking people to pledge their support to refugees by collectively 'changing their online status' across all social networks, instant messenger and email during Refugee Week (15th-21st June). This is the first time that a charit...

Researchers discover ways of integrating treatment of traumatized Tibetan refugee monks

(Boston) - The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) at Boston Medical Center recently treated many of the large number of Tibetan refugee monks who fled violent religious persecution. These individuals arrived in Boston suffering from symptoms of traumatic stress, interfering...

'Undeterred Despite the Obstacles': American Refugee Committee Responds to Tragedy in Myanmar

MINNEAPOLIS, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Refugee Committee (ARC) is delivering relief supplies to the survivors of the tragedy in Myanmar. In partnership with World Vision, ARC will provide life-saving medical supplies and food, including items such as water purification tablets, medic...

Afghan Refugee Gives Birth to Quintuplets in Pakistan

A 32-year-old Afghan woman living in southwest Pakistan has given birth to quintuplets, in what is thought to be the first such case for the country's huge refugee population, doctors said Monday. The four boys and a girl were doing well with their mother, identified as Amna Bibi, after th...

UNICEF To Help For The Betterment Of Refugee Kids in Chhattisgarh

UNICEF has offered to help the children of refugees settled in the makeshift relief camps of the Maoist-hit Dantewada district in the restive eastern state of Chhattisgarh.// UNICEF will specifically look into the health and educational problems of thousands of children settled in these camps...

Pederson Immigration Law Group Attorneys Featured in 14th Annual J-1/H-1B Foreign Physician Immigration Conference and Job Fair Series

...l boards and committees including the national Board of Governors of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and its Physicians Task Force and refugee Committee. Pederson has served as an expert commentator on CNN, ABC News and is often quoted by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washingt...

Pederson Immigration Law Group Announces 14th Annual J-1/H-1B Foreign Physician Immigration Conference and Job Fair Series

...l boards and committees including the national Board of Governors of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and its Physicians Task Force and refugee Committee. Pederson has served as an expert commentator on CNN, ABC News and is often quoted by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washingt...

Blue Cross Foundation Grants Focus on Improving Immigrant Health

... programs that provide basic needs services and build health equity for the refugee and immigrant community. Center for Victims of Torture , Minneapolis , $10,000 for the refugee Mental Health Assessment project to develop and pilot a culturally appropr...

The United Nations Foundation Joins White House Initiative to Encourage Public Service

... DC will host a day of activities in Washington, DC to educate young people about malaria and mobilize them to protect children and families living in refugee camps in Africa. The UN Foundation also pointed to the service project of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, who taught midd...

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Refugee in Medical Dictionary

Reproductive Health

...logies. CDC Reproductive Health Information Source - News and information on maternal ... Manual on reproductive health interventions in refugee situations and other ... Learn about reproductive health such as menstruation, pregnancy planning, fertility issues, birth control metho...

IRDS

...uilding NGO in NWFP in May 2000, Institute of Research and Development Studies ( IRDS ) is mandated to strengthen the efforts for ... Read IRD's refugee Policy Briefs. Program: AVIPA. View Photos. Agriculture Worldwide ... U.S. Embassy in Cambodia Visits IRD's Agricultural Programs ... Register t...

Refugee in Biological News

World leaders in infectious diseases convene to discuss emerging global viruses

... as West Nile and Dengue Fever Progress made in the pursuit to eradicate malaria Updates on infectious disease vaccine developments Immigrant and refugee health, including immunizations and women's health issues What to know about infectious diseases when traveling outside the U.S. This year's meet...

Twenty Years of Malaria Research: Outcomes and Perspectives

... to reflect on the success of the unit, which is based amongst the region's refugee camps. The currently recommended malaria therapies (based on drug combinati...osten's home, the research unit moved to Shoklo in 1989, the largest of the refugee camps on the border of Thailand and Burma, where 9,000 Karen refugees from ...