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Arizona Department of Health Services August 7, 2013 Zachary Holden, MPH Refugee Health Coordinator (Photo by UNHCR/ F. Noy) REFUGEE WOMEN & CHILDRENS HEALTH

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A refugee is a person who is outside his or her home country and is unable or unwilling to return due to persecution, or well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. WHO ARE REFUGEES? (United Nations 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees) (Photo by Reuters)

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10.5 million refugees worldwide 47% of refugees are in a protracted situation GLOBAL CRISIS Flee home country to country of asylum Live in refugee camp or other accommodation Voluntary Repatriation (return home) Local Integration (in the country of asylum) Resettlement (to a third country - United States, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Norway, etc.)