Is It Possible to Become a Nurse in a Refugee Camp?

The history of the Western Sahara has been marked by several events that have contributed to the protracted refugee situation in which the Sahrawi people have found themselves since 1975: the Spanish colonization and the subsequent decolonization process, the armed struggles between the indigenous p...

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Published inInternational journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 16; no. 18; p. 3414
Main Authors López-Entrambasaguas, Olga María, Martínez-Linares, Jose Manuel, Linares-Abad, Manuel, Calero-García, María José
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 14.09.2019
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Subjects
Adult
Aged
Cooperation
Decolonization
Disaster relief
Education
Female
Health care facilities
Humanitarian aid
Humans
International aid
International Cooperation
International organizations
Interviews
Living conditions
Male
Mauritania
Medical personnel
Middle Aged
Morocco
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing schools
Physicians
Population Groups
Professionals
Referendums
Refugee Camps
Refugees
Schools, Nursing
Truces & cease fires
Websites
Morocco
Mauritania
Western Sahara
Sahrawi
Algeria
Spain
global health
refugee camps
international cooperation
nursing education
nursing school
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Summary:The history of the Western Sahara has been marked by several events that have contributed to the protracted refugee situation in which the Sahrawi people have found themselves since 1975: the Spanish colonization and the subsequent decolonization process, the armed struggles between the indigenous population and the states of Morocco and Mauritania to occupy Western Saharan territory, assassinations and repression of the Sahrawi population, and the economic interests of external agents with regards to mineral resources. Twenty-five years ago, in the hostile environment of the Sahrawi refugee camps, a nursing school was founded. Essentially depending on foreign aid, this school has been responsible for training nursing professionals to meet the healthcare needs of the population. The aim of this paper is to provide an approach to the origin and evolution of nursing education for the Sahrawi refugee camps. The Sahrawi are the only refugee camps in the world to host such nursing schools.
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ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph16183414