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Dr Christopher Gilpin, Global Laboratory Coordinator for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva along with his Regional Laboratory Coordinators based in Nairobi and Bangkok will discuss some of the challenges and achievements for IOM in the establishment and provision of COVID-19 health services during the pandemic.
The current document includes general recommendations on ethical standards, use of interpreters and specific recommendations for prevention or early detection of communicable and non-communicable diseases. It may serve as a tool to ensure the fundamental right that migrant children in Europe receive a comprehensive, patient-centred health care.
The current document includes general recommendations on ethical standards, use of interpreters and specific recommendations for prevention or early detection of communicable and non-communicable diseases. It may serve as a tool to ensure the fundamental right that migrant children in Europe receive a comprehensive, patient-centred health care.
The Migration Health and Development Research Initiative (MHADRI) aims to advance evidence-informed global policies and practices that will improve the health and well-being of people and communities affected by migration.
In this review of tuberculosis and migration we discuss the impact of migration on the epidemiology of TB in low burden countries and review the various screening strategies to address this issue.
Our results reflect similar patterns found in other programmes and indicate that the yields for infectious diseases vary by region and nationality.
The effectiveness of LTBI programmes is limited by the large pool of migrants with LTBI, poorly predictive tests, long treatments and a weak care cascade.
We conducted a systematic review to determine effectiveness and a second systematic review on cost-effectiveness of screening for active TB among migrants living in the EU/EEA.
The TB care for communities in emergency contexts satellite session at the 2017 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health discussed the impact of the Syrian displacement crisis on regional tuberculosis (TB) control.
In Central Asia the large flow of migration poses significant challenges for preventing the spread of TB. A regional TB control strategy is necessary to mitigate these risks.
On June 6-7 2017, Almaty, Kazakhstan, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Central Asia met in a regional workshop to create a network for tuberculosis (TB) control.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) strategy has been replicated and evaluated in Iraq and Lebanon.