Improving access to multi-drug resistant tuberculosis diagnostic and health services for refugees and migrants

By the end of 2017, an estimated 68.5 million people were displaced from their homes worldwide, of whom 25.4 million were refugees. The transmission and globalization of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis during refugee migration is a now priority issue in the public health agenda. Political and scie...

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Published inBMC medicine Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 221 - 4
Main Authors Zumla, Alimuddin, Abubakar, Ibrahim
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BioMed Central Ltd 30.11.2018
BioMed Central
BMC
Subjects
Analysis
Clinical outcomes
Diagnosis
Diagnostic systems
Displaced persons
Drug resistance
Epidemiology
Global Health
Globalization
Health aspects
Health Services
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical care
Medical diagnosis
Migrants
Migration
multi-drug resistant
Multidrug resistance
Multidrug resistant organisms
Pandemics
Pathogens
Political aspects
Population Dynamics
Public Health
Refugees
Systematic review
Transients and Migrants
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy
Western Europe
Western Europe
Brazil
Norway
Europe
multi-drug resistant
Tuberculosis
refugees
migrants
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Summary:By the end of 2017, an estimated 68.5 million people were displaced from their homes worldwide, of whom 25.4 million were refugees. The transmission and globalization of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis during refugee migration is a now priority issue in the public health agenda. Political and scientific commitment at the highest national and international levels will be critical to intensifying action in promoting improved health services for migrants and refugees.
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ISSN:1741-7015
1741-7015
DOI:10.1186/s12916-018-1218-0