Tuberculosis, human rights and ethics considerations along the route of a highly vulnerable migrant from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1075-1085

  Wild, V ^a   Jaff, D ^b   Shah, N S ^c   Frick, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Treatment Action Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicable disease; Discrimination; Global health justice; Migration; Stigma

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; EUROPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MIGRANT; MIGRANT HEALTH; MIGRATION; NON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; REFUGEE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85029505362     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0324     Document Type: Article

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