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Can Academic Medicine Lead The Way In The Refugee Crisis?, Amir A Afkhami
Can Academic Medicine Lead The Way In The Refugee Crisis?, Amir A Afkhami
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Faculty Publications
The world is currently in the midst of the largest refugee crisis since World War II, with the highest interval of mass displacement in recorded history according to the United Nations. The United States has pledged to maintain its position as one of the world's top resettlement countries in response to this crisis. These new immigrants will arrive with exceptional chronic and acute medical needs, including higher rates of behavioral health disorders. The author describes the health care challenges experienced by refugees seeking asylum in the United States and outlines the ways in which our health care system is currently …
Compromised Constitutions: The Iranian Experience With The 1918 Influenza Pandemic., Amir Afkhami
Compromised Constitutions: The Iranian Experience With The 1918 Influenza Pandemic., Amir Afkhami
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Faculty Publications
The global demographic impact of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic continues to fascinate researchers and scholars. This paper examines the social and demographic effects of this outbreak on Iranian society, through a comprehensive investigation of the modes of transmission and propagation, mortality rates, and other distinctive features of the region, and reveals the importance of taking a country's unique sociopolitical settings into account. Iran was one of the regions hit hardest by the pandemic, with mortality rates significantly higher than in most regions of the world. Though globally the victims of influenza lived primarily in urban areas, it was Iran's rural …