New Reproductive Health Focus Migrants, refugees, and internally displaced persons are among the world's most vulnerable people. Clustered on the margins of cities or culturally isolated within them, housed in camps meant to be temporary, or without homes at all, they often have urgent health needs, including reproductive health. Programs and relief agencies are beginning to respond to this need.
People move for many different reasons, and their circumstances vary widely.
Most have left behind the support of traditional values, extended families, friends, and familiar ways of life. With limited means, they face new and uncertain situations. Culture and language often set them apart from their new neighbors. Reproductive attitudes and behavior often differ as well. Difficulties of access.