Managing health and infections in refugees: Turkey's experience

摘要

Turkey is located adjacent to the regions of war and crisis. After the outbreak of conflicts in Syria on March 2011, over 4.5 million people have been forced to leave their country and over 2,200,000 of them took refuge in Turkey. Turkish government has implemented “open-door policy” and shouldered a tremendous load collaborating with non-governmental organizations and spent nearly $8 billion for caring of refugee population. Refugees were first met at border crossing points, registered and given identity cards that document the status of “temporary protection”.