Population movement Sample Clauses

Population movement. The pace and scope of migration in much of Sub Saharan Africa has also been a major complicating factor. Few other parts of the world have experienced as much disruption of communities and movement of people as a result of migration. Voluntary and forced movement of people has grown rapidly in rec ent years and made the planning, targeting and financing of health interventions in general very difficult. At the end of 1999 over a half of the entire world’s internally displaced people and refugees were located in Africa, especially south of the Sahara. In addition, the heavy migration from rural to urban areas has had serious demographic, social and health consequences for rural communities as well as for the cities that have been unable to absorb migrants economically or provide them with the health and social services they need.