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Health status and use of medication and their association with migration related exposures among Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Norway: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background The health of forcibly displaced individuals changes along their migration path and estimates of disease burden are essential to develop health care policies and practices adequately corresponding to their health care needs. This study aims to
Elisabeth Marie Strømme, Jasmin Haj-Younes, Wegdan Hasha, Lars T. Fadnes, Bernadette Kumar, Jannicke Igland, Esperanza Diaz   +6 more
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Use of health care services among Syrian refugees migrating to Norway: a prospective longitudinal study

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Understanding the differential utilization of healthcare services is essential to address the public health challenges. Through the migration process, refugees move from one set of health risk factors to another and can face multiple ...
Jasmin Haj-Younes, Elisabeth Marie Strømme, Jannicke Igland, Eirik Abildsnes, Bernadette Kumar, Wegdan Hasha, Esperanza Diaz   +6 more
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Health condition, income loss, food insecurity and other social inequities among migrants and refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Brazil is the destination of many international migrants and refugees and, given the circumstances of their entry into the country, many face difficulties due to the absence of targeted policies. Thus, the objective of this study was to survey
Heriederson Sávio Dias Moura, Thaís Zamboni Berra, Rander Junior Rosa, Ruan Víctor dos Santos Silva, Débora de Almeida Soares, Juliana Soares Tenório de Araújo, Fernanda Bruzadelli Paulino Costa, Rosa Maria Pinheiro de Souza, Murilo César do Nascimento, Titilade Kehinde Ayandeyi Teibo, Maria Del Pilar Serrano-Gallardo, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio   +11 more
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Immunization Catch-Up for Newly Arrived Migrants in France: A Cross-Sectional Study among French General Practitioners

Vaccines, 2021
Background: Migrants often undergo an incomplete vaccination program in regards to the French recommendations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the practices of French General Practitioners’ (GPs) in terms of catch-up vaccination.
Sohela Moussaoui, Anne Marie Aurousseau, Sylvain Nappez, Julian Cornaglia, Gaylord Delobre, Sophie Blanchi, Louise Luan, Stéphanie Vandentorren, Olivier Bouchaud, Odile Launay, Louise Nutte, Roxane Liard, Mariela Skendi, Matthieu Mechain, Nicolas Vignier   +14 more
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Characterization of an outbreak of malaria in a non-endemic zone on the coastal region of Ecuador

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2021
Introduction: Malaria is a vector-borne disease widely distributed in the Amazon region and the coastal area of northern Ecuador. Its epidemiology involves related factors such as human settlements, vector reproduction sites, mobility, productive ...
Diego Omar Morales, Paul Andrés Quinatoa, Jaen Carlos Cagua   +2 more
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Dynamics of depressive symptoms and within-country migration among Peruvian women

Rural and Remote Health, 2020
Introduction: Peru has experienced a significant internal migration from rural to urban areas in recent years. This study estimates the prevalence of depressive symptoms in Peruvian women of childbearing age and their probability of having these ...
Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Carlos Rojas-Roque, Rodrigo Vargas-Fernández, Guido Bendezu-Quispe   +3 more
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Improvement of measles immunity among migrant populations: lessons learned from a prevalence study in a Swiss prison

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2011
BACKGROUND: Measles persists worldwide despite the implementation of general vaccination campaigns. The environmental and demographic characteristics in many prisons increase the risk of measles epidemics.
L Gétaz, JP Rieder, MC Kramer, MP Kossovsky   +3 more
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Diagnosis and treatment of vulnerable migrants: a retrospective study at a Doctors of the World clinic in Stockholm

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background At Doctors of the World Medical Clinic in Stockholm (DWMCS), medical care is offered to migrants who live under particularly vulnerable conditions and who lack access to subsidized care.
Klas Ytterbrink Nordenskiöld, Jan-Eric Olsson, Bo C Bertilson   +2 more
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Migrants in transit across Central America and the potential spread of chloroquine resistant malaria–a call for action

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2023
Summary: Human migration has shaped the distribution and patterns of infectious diseases transmission throughout history. Migration is one of the contributing factors that has played an important role in the dissemination of drug-resistant Plasmodium ...
Nelson Iván Agudelo Higuita, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, Bomar Mendez Rojas, José Antonio Suarez, Laura Naranjo, Jackeline Alger   +6 more
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Etiologic-sociodemographic assessment and comparison of dialysis modalities in pediatric Syrian migrants with chronic kidney disease

Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2021
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are among the important causes of mortality and morbidity in childhood. Early diagnosis and treatment of the underlying primary disease may prevent most of CKD patients from ...
Mehtap Çelakıl, Yasemin Çoban
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