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.
College of Nursing Department of Public Health, Mental Health and Administrative Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
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