Screening for infectious diseases among newly arrived migrants: Experiences and practices in Non-EU countries of the Mediterranean basin and black sea

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15550-15558

  Napoli, Christian ^a   Dente, Maria Grazia ^a   Kärki, Tommi ^a,b   Riccardo, Flavia ^a   Rossi, Pasqualino ^c   Declich, Silvia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean basin and black sea; Newly arrived migrants; Screening for infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GUIDELINE; HEALTH MONITORING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; BLACK SEA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EUROPE; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; REFUGEE;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BLACK SEA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; REFUGEES;

EID: 84949255768     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121215002     Document Type: Article

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