Healthcare access for refugee women with limited literacy: layers of disadvantage

Abstract Background Record numbers of people, across the world, are forced to be displaced because of conflict or other violations of their human rights, thus becoming refugees. Often, refugees not only have a higher burden of disease but also compromised access to healthcare, as they face many barr...

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Main Authors: Annette Floyd, Dikaios Sakellariou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0694-8