An overview of tuberculosis and migration

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 610-623

  Dhavan, P ^a   Dias, H M ^b   Creswell, J ^c   Weil, D ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Stop TB Partnership   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

End TB Strategy; Global Plan; Key populations; Migrants; Refugees

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85018870874     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0917     Document Type: Review

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