Report: Governments and Aid Agencies Overlook Disabled Refugees
In the chaos of disaster and war, governments and aid agencies have largely overlooked the needs of the estimated 2.5-3.5 million displaced persons worldwide who are disabled, according to a report released today by the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children and co-funded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
"They've been so invisible to us," Dale Buscher, director of the Commission's protection program, told ProPublica. "Because of the lack of accessibility in many of these settings, these people are … more…
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Dr. Sheri Fink has reported on health, medicine and science in the U.S. and from every continent except Antarctica. Since 2004 she has been a frequent contributor to the public radio newsmagazine PRI’s “The World,” covering the global HIV/AIDS pandemic and international aid in development, conflict and disaster settings. Her articles have appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Discover and Scientific American. Fink's book War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival (Public Affairs, 2003) won the American Medical Writer's Association special book award and was a finalist for the Overseas Press Club and PEN Martha Albrand awards. Fink has taught at Harvard, Tulane and the New School. Most recently she was the recipient of a Kaiser Media Fellowship in Health from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
