Problem Analysis According to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), 60-70% will relocate to urban areas. These individuals struggle to find adequate housing, sufficient food, and safe work. Further, these individuals are often undocumented due to the circumstances of their departure, and they must go without access to healthcare or basic necessities. This also lends to inadequate housing situations where groups of people may congregate in small, shaddy, or unsanitary quarters. In Caroline Moorehead’s novel, Human Cargo, she describes a group of Sudanese families who “live in shantytowns on the outskirts, where women… share rooms without light or waters. Tuberculosis among these families is endemic; the children have open sores and scabies; they cough and scratch constantly” (Moorehead, p. 15, 2006). Additionally, those who make it to urban areas are desperate to find work in order to earn money or in some cases to pay off smuggler’s fees, however the lack…show more content… On occasion, those who typically reside in the area may have immunity to the disease, however many refugees who have traveled far from home may be without immunity. Likewise, the poor environmental condition and the lack of health care and basic necessities tend to perpetuate whatever infectious diseases may exist (“Hepatitis A Transmission.”, 2009). Caroline Moorehead eloquently explains another vital factor in the spread of infectious disease, particularly within refugee camps: “Not long, in keeping with the world’s declining budget for UNHCR and more pressing needs elsewhere, there were calls for cuts in spending… Already pressed to the edges of necessity, a cutback in adult education and prevention programs…” was unavoidable (Moorehead, p. 211, 2006). Therefore, an integral part of the problem is a lack of funding, and by extension, a lack of
