title: The role of the Zairian Health Services in the Rwandan refugee crisis.
abstract: In July 1994, a stream of Rwandan refugees entered the southern part of North Kivu Region, Zaire. The public health consequences of this crisis for the host population and health services have not been analysed up to now. The lack of human and financial resources did not prevent Zairian health structures and personnel from taking care of the many refugees settled outside the camps, following their arrival. The public health consequences of the crisis for the local population should be considered an integral part of the disaster.
authors.affiliation: CEMBUAC, Free University of Brussels, School of Public Health, Belgium.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Porignon
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Noterman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hennart
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tonglet
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Soron'Gane
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Lokombe
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D009026:Mortality; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D012036:Refugees; D012066:Relief Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012432:Rwanda / Q000208:ethnology