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Is there evidence of increased morbidity rates for minority and migrant groups?

Code:
RED87
Key Area:
Health And Social Protection
Strand(s):
Discrimination, Equality
24/02/2012 - 16:50
Short Answer

Yes, for some diseases, such as tuberculosis and AIDS.

Qualitative Info

For some diseases, such as tuberculosis, "although the total number of newly detected cases of TB has declined, cases among immigrants are increasing."

See among others, Papaventsis D, Nikolaou S, Karabela S, Ioannidis P, Konstantinidou E, Marinou I, Sainti A, Kanavaki S. (2010), "Tuberculosis in Greece: bacteriologically confirmed cases and anti-tuberculosis drug resistance, 1995-2009", Eurosurveillance, 15(28).

For the case of AIDS/HIV, see: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2010), Migrant health: Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in migrant communities and ethnic minorities in EU/EEA countries, Stockholm, revised edition.

 

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Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees
Type (R/D)
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Health and social protection
External Url http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19614; http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/0907_TER_Migrant_health_HIV_Epidemiology_review.pdf
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