@article{oai:redcross.repo.nii.ac.jp:00013771,
 author = {SHIROKO, Junko},
 journal = {高山赤十字病院紀要, Japanese Red Cross Takayama Hospital},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Due to a mass population movement from Syria and Iraq to Greece and the closure of Balkan
route February 2016, almost 30,000 are stranded in Greece. The Finland and German Red Cross
Society jointly started Basic Health Care Emergency Response Unit for the purpose of providing
medical assistance to immigrants and refugees. The team was consisted of doctors, nurses,
midwives, mental care personnel, interpreters and technicians. I participated in this mission as a
physician. We provided medical assistance in Cherso, NeaKavala, and Kordelio camps near the
borders in northern Greece. We treated 50~100 patients/day at the general outpatient tents in three
refugee camps each, with interpreters who speak Arabic or Kurdish. The total number of patients
whom the team examined during my stay from May 19 through June 10, 2016 was 4,456. 19% of
the patients was 5 years of age and younger and about 25% was from 6 to 17 years of age which
appeared to reflect the overall population of the refugees as it was. Respiratory, gastrointestinal
and skin diseases were the most common. There were cases of region-specific diseases such as
familial Mediterranean fever or Leishmaniasis. As people lived in a camp longer, we were forced to
respond to chronic diseases such as diabetes or heart diseases. There were relatively many cases
of patients whose symptoms were thought to have been caused by mental stress.
While the future is still unpredictable for refugees, I hope things may turn for the better to any
extent.},
 pages = {17--23},
 title = {Medical Relief Operation for Syrian refugees in northern Greece},
 volume = {41},
 year = {2018}
}