Beyond solidarity: Refugee health is a matter of self-interest
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Jennifer Allsopp, David Passarelli | United Nations University
20 June marked World Refugee Day the culmination of a week of activities around the globe where communities came together to celebrate the resilience and contributions of refugees to host communities and express solidarity with their plight. This 2021 campaign, led by the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, called for the greater inclusion of refugees in health systems.
Marking the two millionth COVID-19 death in January, Secretary-General António Guterres remarked that “science was succeeding, but solidarity was failing”, leading to a “vaccine vacuum” in poor nations.