Epidemiology of health problems among internally displaced persons (IDPS)‎' camps

Other Title(s)

انتشار المشاكل الصحية بين الأشخاص النازحين داخليا في المخيمات

Joint Authors

Salih, Janan Muhammad
al-Kinani, Salwa Shalash Abd al-Wahid
Hadhaf, Nabil Fadil

Source

مجلة ديالى للعلوم الزراعية

Publisher

University of Diyala College of Agriculture

Publication Date

2018-12-31

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

10

Main Subjects

Agriculture

Topics

• Military science
• Human rights
• conflicts
• Medical care
• Refugees
• Displaced persons
• Rural areas
• Human resources
• Health
• Public health
• Infectious diseases
• Diyala
• Persons
• Biomedical materials

English Abstract

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are people who have been forced to flee or to leave their homes in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, violence, violations of human rights, natural or human-made disasters.

To highlights the internal displacement waves, and IDPs situation in Diyala Province, and to describe some of the key health issues for displaced populations, and to assess other effects associated with internal displacement.

Retrospective study conducted for the period 1st Sep 2015 to 1st March 2016, in Diyala Province.

Review of records and registries of IDPS from Diyala Directorate of Health (DoH), Public health department, emergency committee and follow-up of internally displaced persons.

Direct Interviews with officers responsible for IDPs in Diyala DoH was also conducted.

Diyala faced three main waves of internal displacement, the first one was before 2006, the second wave was after 2006, while the third wave which is the greater one followed Al-mousel occupation at 10th June 2014.

During the last wave Diyala province has been affected dramatically since the beginning of that crisis which lead to displacement of 190, 000 persons from Al-Udhiem, Jalula, Saadia sub-districts, and many villages of Al-moqdadia and Al-mansoria Districts.

IDPs following the last crisis distributed into three main camps were number of IDPs (22, 000) representing 11.6% of all IDPs.

The remains of IDPs were distributed through urban and rural areas of the province.

Rapid increase in the number of internally displaced persons have influenced a negative impact on the preventive and curative health services, in addition to increasing needs for medical materials, equipment, supplies and available human resources due to the fact that the IDPs are Living critical and risky situation.

Diyala province affected dramatically from violence, conflict and internal displacement, which lead to a lot of challenges related to public health, and represented by spread of Communicable Diseases.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-1136550

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