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UNHCR's Policy Development and Evaluation Service (PDES) is undertaking a review of UNHCR policy and practice in relation to public health equity. PDES would like to hear from anyone who has experience in this area and who wishes to provide input for the study, which will focus on the questions listed below. *Please write to* [log in to unmask] 1. Minimum standards: What happens to health services in the post- emergency phase? How comprehensive should UNHCR’s services be? 2. Host populations: Should UNHCR provide services to refugees that are of a higher standard than those available to surrounding communities? 3. Camp and urban refugee populations: How should UNHCR standards and approaches be applied in these different contexts? 4. Regional disparities: Should the same standards be applied to all refugees, irrespective of their origin and location? 5. Ability to pay: Should health and other services for refugees ever be means- tested, and if so, how can this be done? 6. Denial of services: In what (if any) circumstances can UNHCR deny life- saving treatment to refugees? 7. Downgrading health services: Is it legitimate for health and other services to be run down in situations where refugees are beginning to return to their country of origin? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Department of International Development, University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. List archives are available at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html