Health crises and migration

Individual and collective responses to health crises contribute to an orderly public health response that most times precludes the need for large-scale displacements. Restricting population movement is a largely ineffective way of containing disease, yet governments sometimes resort to it where heal...

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Main Authors: Edelstein, M, Heymann, D, Koser, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford 2014
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Summary:Individual and collective responses to health crises contribute to an orderly public health response that most times precludes the need for large-scale displacements. Restricting population movement is a largely ineffective way of containing disease, yet governments sometimes resort to it where health crises emerge.