HELEN TOWNSEND MPH RNREFUGEE HEALTH COORDINATOR
REFUGEE HEALTH PROGRAMTUBERCULOSIS/REFUGEE HEALTH DIVISION
INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Refugees in Indiana
UNHCR 2007 STATISTICAL YEARBOOK# of Refugees worldwide in 2007
11.4 milliondoes not include 4.6 million Palestinians counted by another UN
agency
# of Refugees resettled worldwide in 200775,300 (0.7% of total # of refugees)
# of Refugees resettled in United States in FY 2007*48,300
International Statistics
*Federal fiscal year (1 Oct 2006-30 Sep 2007)
2004-20061232 arrivals*
20071533 arrivals*
20081552 arrivals*
2009Arrival #s are expected to follow the
trend of the previous two years
*This number does not include secondary migrants: refugees who originally settled in another part of the United States, then moved to Indiana after arrival.
Refugee Resettlement in Indiana
Iraqi Refugees in Jordan
Zeinab Majid and her husband, a painter, fled Iraq with their two sons, ages 7 and 4, last September after receiving two threats and surviving a bombing.
Iraqi Refugees in Jordan
Hassan Jabr left his elegant home and garden and his job as a Spanish teacher in Baghdad after one of his sons was kidnapped and killed last year.
TO IDENTIFY APPLICANTS WITH INADMISSIBLE HEALTH-RELATED CONDITIONS
Purpose of the Overseas Refugee Medical
Examination
TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES WHO HAVE MIGRATED TO THE U.S.
THEY WERE CLASSIFIED OVERSEAS DURING THE REQUIRED MEDICAL EXAMINATION PROCESS WITH A TB CONDITION.
FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION IN THE U.S. WAS RECOMMENDED.
Purpose of the TB Follow-up Worksheet
1) TO SCREEN FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE AND LINK
REFUGEES WITH LOCAL TREATMENT SERVICES
2) TO INTRODUCE REFUGEES TO THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
3) TO IDENTIFY REFUGEE POPULATIONS WHO ARRIVE WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF DISEASE
Purpose of the Domestic Refugee Medical
Screening