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How access to sustainable health services is being accelerated for refugee communities in Kenya 

Turkana women carry fire wood on their head within Kalobeyei Settlement outside the Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana county, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya February 1, 2018. Kenya hosts more than 500,000 refugees, 200,000 of whom are located in Turkana Kenya, in rural Northwestern Kenya.

Kenya hosts more than 500,000 refugees, 200,000 of whom are located in Turkana Kenya, in rural Northwestern Kenya. Image: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Neema Kaseje
Founder, Surgical Systems Research Group
Kefa Ojwando
Medical Officer in Charge, International Rescue Committee
Khalid Hassan
Head Surgeon, Turkana Ministry of Health
Patrick Ikileng Oguti
Health Officer, UNHCR
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