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In the two months since the war in Ukraine began, more than 5 million people have crossed the country’s borders, and another 7.7 million are estimated to have been been displaced internally.
The health needs of these forced migrants are diverse and go far beyond treatment for the effects of bullets and bombs. For instance, many will need ongoing and urgent treatment for conditions such as cancer, diabetes and COVID. While refugee camps offer emergency accommodation, they are no place for people with such complex health-care needs.
Today, we hear from two humanitarian workers and health researchers, Darryl Stellmach from the University of Tasmania and Kamalini Lokuge from Australian National University. Over the past 25 years, they have worked to deliver essential health care in wartime, natural disasters and epidemics. They have been on the ground in situations of forced displacement in Darfur, Myanmar, Thailand, Uganda, Afghanistan, Syria, South Sudan and Colombia.
Here are their lessons from past humanitarian disasters on what works, and what doesn’t, when dealing with the scale of the crisis we’re seeing in Ukraine.
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Anna Evangeli
Deputy Editor: Health
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Darryl Stellmach, University of Tasmania; Kamalini Lokuge, Australian National University
Refugee camps should only be a temporary solution. They’re no place for ongoing health care.
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Michele Jarldorn, University of South Australia; Susannah Emery, University of South Australia
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Ataus Samad, Western Sydney University; Ann Dadich, Western Sydney University
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Eliza Middleton, University of Sydney; Caitlyn Forster, University of Sydney; Don Driscoll, Deakin University
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Stephanie Clayton, University of Tasmania
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Bronwyn Eager, University of Tasmania; Alex Maritz, La Trobe University
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Arts + Culture
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Emlyn Dodd, Macquarie University
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Alice Gorman, Flinders University
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