World Health Organization (WHO) published this video item, entitled “Dr Waheed Arian’s story – from refugee to Emergency Doctor” – below is their description.
Watch Dr Waheed Arian talk about the health challenges he had faced as a refugee from Afghanistan. His early childhood experience led him to become a doctor in the UK. Both the physical and mental health of refugees need to be addressed, he says.
Learn more about the first World report on the health of refugees and migrants here:
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The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health”.
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south; Iran to the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north; and China to the northeast.
Occupying 652,000 square kilometers (252,000 sq mi), it is a mountainous country with plains in the north and southwest. Kabul is the capital and largest city. The population is around 32 million, composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks.
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution, which establishes the agency’s governing structure and principles, states its main objective as “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.”