Refugees, sport, and mental health - a podcast by ABC Radio
from 2019-11-10T12:30
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The trauma of war and displacement has a negative impact on the mental health of hundreds of thousands of refugees around the world. Australian researchers recently travelled to a large refugee camp in Bangladesh* where around 500,000 Rohingya people are living. The researchers found that sports and exercise programs make a huge difference to these refugees' physical and mental health, and to their well-being.
*There are around 900,000 Rohingya refugees now living in Bangladesh
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