ArticleInternational journal for equity in health2016
Access to health for refugees in Greece: lessons in inequalities.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Mapping the Diverse Genetic Disorders and Rare Diseases Among the Syrian Population: Implications on Refugee Health and Health Services in Host Countries.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Pooled it
- Mental health and psychosocial support for asylum seekers and refugees in Greece: a narrative review of stressors, needs, services, and barriers.International journal for equity in health · 2026Review
- Challenges to healthcare access for migrants in transit: A scoping review.Journal of migration and health · 2026Review
- Transboundary Animal Diseases and Human Migration: A One Health Perspective on the Balkan Route.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
- Enhancing Competencies and Professional Upskilling of Mobile Healthcare Unit Personnel at the Hellenic National Public Health Organization.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Health Needs and Access to Healthcare Services in Migrant Populations in Greece: Data From the Hprolipsis Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Malnutrition among Syrian Refugee Children from Lebanon.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Research Study Which Explores Humanitarian Stakeholders' Views on Healthcare Access for Refugees in Greece.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- A Crisis of Humanitarianism: Refugees at the Gates of Europe.International journal of health policy and management · 2019Article
- Healthcare Service Access and Utilization among Syrian Refugees in Turkey.Annals of global health · 2019Article
- Impact of the Refugee Crisis on the Greek Healthcare System: A Long Road to Ithaca.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
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- Healthcare access for refugee women with limited literacy: layers of disadvantage.International journal for equity in health · 2017Article
- Refugee crisis in Greece: the forthcoming higher education challenge.Annals of translational medicine · 2017Article
- Looking forward to the next 15 years: innovation and new pathways for research in health equity.International journal for equity in health · 2017Article
- A case of enterobiasis presenting as post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD): a curious case of the infection with predominant mental health symptoms, presenting for the first time in the settings of a refugee camp.The Pan African medical journal · 2017Article
- The Role of Cultural Psychiatry in Improving the Policy Response to Central America's Unaccompanied Minors at the American Border: Local and Global Implications.International journal of culture and mental health · 2016Article
- Self-reported risk of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, and awareness about it in the community of 4 insular complexes comprising 41 Greek Islands.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Article
- Parental Perception of Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Syrian Refugee Children.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
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Abstract
Eastern Greek islands have been direct passageways of (mainly Syrian) refugees to the European continent over the past year. However, basic medical care has been insufficient. Despite calls for reform, the Greek healthcare system has for many years been costly and dysfunctional, lacking universal equity of access. Thus, mainly volunteers look after the refugee camps in the Greek islands under adverse conditions. Communicable diseases, trauma related injuries and mental health problems are the most common issues facing the refugees. The rapid changes in the epidemiology of multiple conditions that are seen in countries with high immigration rates, like Greece, demand pragmatic solutions. Best available knowledge should be used in delivering health interventions. So far, Greece is failed by international aid, and cross-border policies have not effectively tackled underlying reasons for ill-health in this context, like poverty, conflict and equity of access.
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