Miriam Orcutt

ORCID: 0000-0003-4677-1962
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Research Areas
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Health and Conflict Studies
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Global Security and Public Health
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Cultural Competency in Health Care
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

World Health Organization
2022-2024

University College London
2016-2022

Lancet Laboratories
2021

Médecins Sans Frontières
2021

King's College London
2016

Newcastle University
2014

Migrants globally, including refugees and asylum seekers, have experienced adverse clinical socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. For approximately 56,000 seekers in Reception Identification Centers (RICs) Sites (RS) Greece, living severely substandard conditions, prevention measures been impossible with limited provision terms routine testing, surveillance, access to healthcare. These migrant populations prolonged lockdowns restricted movement since pandemic began. We aimed assess...

10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100958 article EN cc-by EClinicalMedicine 2021-07-01

The Rohingya people are the world's largest stateless population.1UNHCR"This is our home". Stateless minorities and their search for citizenship.http://www.unhcr.org/ibelong/stateless-minorities/Date: November, 2017Google Scholar Violence towards in Myanmar from late August, 2017, caused mass displacement2The Office of United Nations High Commissioner Human Rights (OHCHR)Myanmar abuses may be crimes against humanity, UN rights experts...

10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30125-6 article EN cc-by The Lancet Global Health 2018-04-10

In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a rapidly aging population is presenting challenges to health care systems. Doctors need specialized knowledge be prepared for the increase in age-related medical conditions. This study aims investigate current provision of geriatrics education (GE) SSA schools and discover some barriers faced its implementation. Questionnaires were sent list SSA, supplied by African Medical Schools Study. Responses received from 25/135 institutions (19%), representing 11...

10.1080/02701960.2014.925886 article EN Gerontology & Geriatrics Education 2014-06-02

During the COVID-19 pandemic, world leaders should pay more attention to those populations living in poorest conditions, such as homeless, prisons, poor ethnic & racial minorities, and millions of distressed migrants refugees unsanitary camps, settlements, shelters or detention centres. These vulnerable groups are most likely suffer consequences inadequate inequitable access testing, treatment medical care [[1]Bhopal RS. Immense necessity challenges meeting needs especially asylum seekers...

10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100376 article EN cc-by-nc-nd EClinicalMedicine 2020-06-01

Background: The COVID-19 epidemic in the UK has resulted over 280,000 reported cases and 40,000 deaths as of 5th June 2020. In context a slower increase associated with last few weeks compared to earlier epidemic, is starting relax physical restrictions ('lockdown') that have been imposed since 23 March This accompanied by announcement strategy test people for infection, trace contacts those tested positive, isolate positive diagnoses. While such policies are expected be impactful, there no...

10.2139/ssrn.3627273 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2020-01-01

Health governance has an important role in dealing with global migration, argue Jo Vearey and colleagues

10.1136/bmj.l4143 article EN cc-by-nc BMJ 2019-09-16
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