Applying a community-based participatory research approach to improve access to healthcare for Eritrean asylum-seekers in Israel: a pilot study

• Main Authors: Nora Gottlieb (Author), Tomer Weinstein (Author), Jonah Mink (Author), Habtom M. Ghebrezghiabher (Author), Zebib Sultan (Author), Rachel Reichlin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Israel hosts approximately 50,000 asylum seekers, most of them from Eritrea. Exclusive policies restrict their access to healthcare. In 2013, local activists partnered with Eritrean asylum seekers to assess health needs as well as willingness to pay for health insurance among the...