TY - JOUR
T1 - European policies in the management of tuberculosis among migrants
AU - D'Ambrosio, Lia
AU - Centis, Rosella
AU - Dara, Masoud
AU - Solovic, Ivan
AU - Sulis, Giorgia
AU - Zumla, Alimuddin
AU - Migliori, Giovanni Battista
N1 - Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/3
Y1 - 2017/3
N2 - Globally 10.4 million new tuberculosis (TB) incident cases were estimated to have occurred in 2015, of which 3% were reported in the World Health Organization European Region. Importantly, about 25% of the global multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases are reported in the European Region, representing one of the greatest challenges to TB control; these are reported particularly in the countries of the Former Soviet Union. Over a quarter of TB cases in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) are reported among foreign-born individuals. In line with the recent increase of migration flows towards Europe, TB among migrant populations is also on the rise, emphasizing the need for a better understanding of the TB trends at the regional and sub-regional levels, and of the existing policies on migrants and refugees. The present article is aimed at describing the policies and practices of European countries with a low and intermediate TB incidence with regard to the detection and management of TB and latent TB infection (LTBI) among refugees in Europe.
AB - Globally 10.4 million new tuberculosis (TB) incident cases were estimated to have occurred in 2015, of which 3% were reported in the World Health Organization European Region. Importantly, about 25% of the global multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases are reported in the European Region, representing one of the greatest challenges to TB control; these are reported particularly in the countries of the Former Soviet Union. Over a quarter of TB cases in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) are reported among foreign-born individuals. In line with the recent increase of migration flows towards Europe, TB among migrant populations is also on the rise, emphasizing the need for a better understanding of the TB trends at the regional and sub-regional levels, and of the existing policies on migrants and refugees. The present article is aimed at describing the policies and practices of European countries with a low and intermediate TB incidence with regard to the detection and management of TB and latent TB infection (LTBI) among refugees in Europe.
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.11.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.11.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 27836793
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 56
SP - 85
EP - 89
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
ER -