Refugee Health: Medical Association Journal

Pottie Dept: The guidelines -- all based on rigorous international research -- cover a wide range of health issues, from infectious diseases and chronic conditions like diabetes to women's health and psychiatric disorders such as trauma-induced stress, according to CTV. For instance, newcomers to Canada may be susceptible to several childhood infectious diseases because they may not have been vaccinated in their countries of birth and tORONTO — Doctors now have a comprehensive set of guidelines to help them care for immigrants and refugees, whose often complex health needs can differ significantly from those of home-grown Canadians. "We reviewed the world's evidence to create this one-stop resource for physicians to treat immigrants and refugees," said co-author Dr. Kevin Pottie of the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health, which created the guidelines published in this week's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. As reported in the news.
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