Migration and health : refugees and returnees in Ethiopia

Health services to the refugees are based on a four-tier system linked by referral and supervisory arrangement and is consistent with the policy of the Ministry of Health. As with all refugee populations; the health status has to be compared with the levels achieved before immigration and also with those of the neighbouring host population. The health and nutritional status of the refugees under the care and maintenance programme; both in the East and West; is quite stable on the whole and at least comparable to; if not better than; that of the local population