Caring for Myanmar refugees in Thailand.
Massive refugee movements continue due to conflicts between and within nations. To combat the major causes of mortality in refugee camps--undernutrition, measles, diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria13--nurses are following the principles of primary health care and are promoting adequate food, safe drinking water, shelter, environmental sanitation and immunization.
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006292:Health Priorities; D006296:Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007391:International Cooperation; D002052:Myanmar; D009732:Nursing Care; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012036:Refugees