Pathogens, prejudice, and politics: the role of the global health community in the European refugee crisis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages e173-e177

  Khan, Mishal S ^a,c   Osei Kofi, Anna ^d   Omar, Abbas ^e   Kirkbride, Hilary ^d   Kessel, Anthony ^b   Abbara, Aula ^f   Heymann, David ^d,e   Zumla, Alimuddin ^g   Dar, Osman ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; WATER BORNE DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84990033514     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30134-7     Document Type: Review

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