Health and Pharmacy Services for Refugees in Turkey
Bilge SÖZEN ŜAHNE*°, Miray ARSLAN**, Sevgi ŜAR**
* Hacettepe University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Management, 06100, Sihhiye-Ankara.
** Ankara University Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Management, 06100, Anadolu-Ankara.
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Summary
Status of refugees and asylum seekers is a subject often comes to the
fore in Turkey because of our country’s geographical location and
various unusual situations we face today. Refugees who are called
as “the people who carry genuine fear of persecution because of their
race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group
or political opinion, so leave their country and unable to return or
not to return because of fear” according to the 1951 United Nations
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and asylum seeker, that
does not have to apply to receive refugee status or their apply have
not yet to be decided, are people who need a variety of help, such as
health and education services because of being in difficult situations.
Various studies for the protection of people with this condition all over
the world are carried out by the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees founded in 1951 and the International Organization
for Migration also established the same year. These embodiments
which are unable to undertake certain tasks that must be provided
by the States, can only try to make the countries of asylum realize the
situation of refugees.
As a result of developments in recent years, the number of refugees in
our country is known to be a rapid increase. With the refugee status
of these people who take refugees in Turkey, their various needs have
started to be met. The health services are located at the beginning of
them.
In this study, health problems faced by refugees around the world
and care for them as well as the situation of refugees and the health
services provided to these people in Turkey will be examined.
Key Words :
Refugee(s), Asylum-seeker(s), Health service(s),
Pharmacy services(s), Turkey
