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World Refugee Day: WHO trains Syrian refugees to serve as home-care staff to elderly and disabled refugees in Turkey
With the support of the German Federal Government, WHO has trained 350 Syrian refugees like Aaliyah to serve as community health support staff for the provision of home care and social services to those Syrian refugees who experience difficulties in reaching health centres.
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