Preparing for refugee crises in Australia: Kosovar health surveillance

Authors

  • Catherine Bennett National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Hunter Public Health Unit, Wallsend, New South Wales
  • Jacki Mein National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Mary Beers National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Kerry Chant South Western Sydney Public Health Unit, Liverpool, New South Wales
  • Subramanyam Vemulpad South Western Sydney Public Health Unit, Liverpool, New South Wales

Keywords:

refugees, Kosovar refugees, refugee health

Abstract

Australia provided a temporary safe haven for nearly 4,000 Kosovar refugees in response to a request for assistance from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). A health surveillance system was established during Operation Safe Haven to plan health care, monitor for potential outbreaks, record health status and service use, and to meet international surveillance requirements.

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Published

28/10/99

How to Cite

Bennett, Catherine, Jacki Mein, Mary Beers, Kerry Chant, and Subramanyam Vemulpad. 1999. “Preparing for Refugee Crises in Australia: Kosovar Health Surveillance”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 23 (October):305. https://ojs.cdi.cdc.gov.au/index.php/cdi/article/view/2354.

Issue

Vol. 23 (1999)

Section

Short report

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Copyright (c) 1999 Communicable Diseases Intelligence

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