Table 2 Urban refugee population, NCD prevalence and access to health care in some developing countries – Data from UNHCR annual reports
Country (Urban area) | Total PoC | Number (%) of refugees/asylum seekers in urban area* | Origin of refugee population | Prevalence of NCDs in individuals older than five years | Access to host country primary health care | Access to host country secondary and tertiary health care** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
India (Delhi) [44] | 20484 | 20484 | Afghanistan, Myanmar, Somalia | CVD 1%, diabetes 2%, musculoskeletal disease 15%, renal disease 1%, respiratory disease 2% | yes | yes |
Iran [44] | 874263 | 852771(97.5%) | Afghanistan, Iraq | cancer 3%, CVD 10%, diabetes 8%, musculoskeletal disease 10%, renal disease 5%, respiratory disease 7% | yes | no |
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) [44] | 96691 | 96691 | Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Somalia | cancer 2%, CVD 7%, diabetes 6%, musculoskeletal disease 13%, renal disease 3%, respiratory disease 3% | yes | no |
Cameroon (Douala) [45] | 65837 | 7000 | CAR, Rwanda, DRC | Â | yes | yes |
Congo (Brazzaville) [45] | 139665 | 7883(5.6%) | DRC, Rwanda, Angola | cancer 2%, CVD 28%, diabetes 8%, musculoskeletal disease 6% | yes | yes |
DRC (Kinshasa) [45] | 31281 | 2220(7.1%) | Angola, Rwanda, Burundi | CVD 6%, musculoskeletal disease 3% | yes | yes |
Jordan (Amman) [46] (No data from 2011 fact sheet) | 447332# (govern. estimate) | 53353 | Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan | hypercholesterolemia 45%, diabetes 16%, hypertension 19%, musculoskeletal disease (arthralgia) 11%, asthma 8% | yes | no# |
Lebanon (Beirut) [46] | 51927# | 51927 | Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan | hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, asthma | yes | yes |
Cote d'Ivoire (Abidjan) [47] | 3287 | 3287 | Liberia, Congo, DRC | - | yes | yes |
Togo (Lome) [47] | No data | 2345 | Rwanda, DRC, Congo | CVD 3%, diabetes 1%, musculoskeletal disease 6%, respiratory disease 11% | yes | yes |
Syria (Damascus) [48] | 110905 | 110905 | Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan, Sudan | CVD 4%, diabetes 6%, musculoskeletal disease 7%, respiratory disease 2% | yes | yes |
Yemen (Sanaa, Basateen) [48] | 61058 | 45353(74.3) | Somalia, Ethiopia, Iraq | CVD 1%, diabetes 1% | yes | yes |
Egypt (Cairo) [48] | 44570 | 44570 | Sudan, Somalia Iraq, | CVD 1%, diabetes 1%, renal disease 1% | yes | no |
Kenya (Nairobi) [49] | 548603 | 52472(9.6) | Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo | CVD 1%, diabetes 1%, respiratory disease 1% | yes | yes |
Uganda (Kampala) [49] | 108619 | 42500(39%) | DRC, Somalia, Eritrea | diabetes 2% | yes | yes |