Health problems of newly arrived migrants and refugees in Europe

Global Migration Data Analysis Centre

EUROSTAT

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Hellenic Police

Migrant Health for the Benefit of All, 2004

Migration and Health in the European Union

World Health Organisation (WHO), 3–5 2010

2006, Delivery of medical care for migrants in Germany: delay of diagnosis and treatment, J Travel Med, 13, 133, 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00030.x

2011, The health of irregular and illegal immigrants: analysis of day-hospital admissions in a department of migration medicine, Int Emerg Med, 7, 561

2014, Health status of immigrants arrived to Italian coast, Epidemiol Prev, 38, 78

2009, Illegality as risk factor: a survey of unauthorized migrant patients in a Berlin clinic, Soc Sci Med, 68, 1552, 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.024

2012, High prevalence of chronic non-communicable conditions among adult refugees: implications for practice and policy, J Community Health, 5, 1110

2015, Health status of newly arrived refugees in Toronto, Ont: Part 1: infectious diseases, Can Fam Physician, 7, e303

2015, Health status of newly arrived refugees in Toronto, Ont: Part 2: chronic diseases, Can Fam Physician, 61, e310

2016, Migrant screening: Lessons learned from the migrant holding level at the Greek–Turkish borders, J Infect Public Health

2015, Coronary heart disease incidence among non-Western immigrants compared to Danish-born people: effect of country of birth, migrant status, and income, Eur J Prev Cardiol, 2, 1281

2003, Is the blood pressure of people from African origin adults in the UK higher or lower than that in European origin White people? A review of cross-sectional data, J Hum Hypertens, 17, 523, 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001586

2013, Type 2 diabetes prevalence varies by socio-economic status within and between migrant groups: analysis and implications for Australia, BMC Public Health, 13, 252., 10.1186/1471-2458-13-252

2012, Migrant mortality from diabetes mellitus across Europe: the importance of socio-economic change, Eur J Epidemiol, 27, 109, 10.1007/s10654-011-9638-6

2013, Investigating cervical, oesophageal and colon cancer risk and survival among migrants in The Netherlands, Eur J Public Health, 5, 867

2010, Cancer risk diversity in non-western migrants to Europe: an overview of the literature, Eur J Cancer, 46, 2647, 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.07.050

2006, Access to health care for people seeking asylum in the UK, Br J Gen Pract, 525, 306

2014, The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies

World Health Organization

2012, Hidden violence is silent rape: sexual and gender-based violence in refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands, Cult Health Sex, 14, 505, 10.1080/13691058.2012.671961

Migrant Health and the Right to Health in Europe

2003, The long-term impact of torture on the mental health of war-wounded refugees: findings and implications for nursing programmes, Scand J Caring Sci, 4, 317

2008, Asylum seekers in Denmark: a study of health status and grade of traumatization of newly arrived asylum seekers, Torture, 2, 77

2006, A longitudinal perspective on depression and sense of coherence in a sample of mass-evacuated adults from Kosovo, J Nerv Ment Dis, 5, 378

2012, Assessment of public health issues of migrants at the Greek-Turkish border, April 2011, Euro Surveill, 2, 20056

2016, Hepatitis A immunity in refugees in Germany during the current exodus, Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed

Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Low seroprevalence of syphilis and HIV in refugees and asylum seekers in Germany in 2015, Dtsch Med Wochenschr, 141, e128

2007, Nosocomial scabies, J Hosp Infect, 1, 9

European Center for Disease Control and Prevention

World Health Organization

World Health Organization

World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

2012, The burden of tuberculosis in crisis-affected populations: a systematic review, Lancet Infect Dis, 12, 950, 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70225-6

2014, Tuberculosis transmission between foreign-and native-born populations in the EU/EEA: a systematic review, Eur Respir J, 43, 1159, 10.1183/09031936.00117213

European Center for Disease Control and Prevention

2016, Advancing migrant access to health services in Europe (AMASE): protocol for a cross-sectional study, JMIR Res Protoc, 5, e74., 10.2196/resprot.5085

2012, Seroprevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection and prior immunity in immigrants and refugees: a systematic review and meta-analysis, PLoS One, 9, e44611.

2015, The seroprevalence of hepatitis C antibodies in immigrants and refugees from intermediate and high endemic countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis, PLoS One, e0141715.

2014, Hepatitis B screening in travelers: a retrospective analysis, Travel Med Infect Dis, 12, 707, 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.07.003

2015, Vaccine-preventable diseases in humanitarian emergencies among refugee and internally-displaced populations, Hum Vaccin Immunother, 11, 2627, 10.1080/21645515.2015.1096457

2016, Measles outbreak in a refugee settlement in Calais, France: January to February 2016, Euro Surveill, 11, 3

2015, Risk factors for varicella susceptibility among refugees to Toronto, Canada, J Immigr Minor Health

2011, Comparison of two strategies to prevent varicella outbreaks in housing facilities for asylum seekers, Int J Infect Dis, 15, e716, 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.06.001

2011, Autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malaria in Greece, 2011, J Euro Surveill, 20

Access to health care for undocumented migrants in Europe, 2007

2011, Migration and Health in the European Union

2008, All cause and cardiovascular mortality in African migrants living in Portugal: evidence of large social inequalities, Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil, 15, 670, 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32830fe6ce

2016, Antibiotic resistance and the refugee crisis in Europe - preemptive action is indicated, Travel Med Infect Dis, 2, 69

2005, Access to healthcare for asylum seekers in the European Union—a comparative study of country policies, Eur J Public Health, 3, 285

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

World Health Organization (WHO), 2015

2015, Effect of restricting access to health care on health expenditures among asylum-seekers and refugees: a quasi-experimental study in Germany, 1994-2013, PLoS One, 7

2015, Public Health Aspects of Migrant Health: A Review of the Evidence on Health Status for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the European Region

European Center for Disease Control and Prevention

2011, Screening of immigrants in the UK for imported latent tuberculosis: a multicentre cohort study and cost-effectiveness analysis, Lancet Infect Dis, 6, 435

2010, Screening and early treatment of migrants for chronic hepatitis B virus infection is cost-effective, Gastroenterology, 2, 522

2014, Screening for infectious diseases among newly arrived migrants in EU/EEA countries–varying practices but consensus on the utility of screening, Int J Environ Res Public Health, 11, 11004, 10.3390/ijerph111011004

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

2011, Evidence based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees, CMAJ, 183, E824, 10.1503/cmaj.090313

2013, Infection with hepatitis B and C virus in Europe: a systematic review of prevalence and cost-effectiveness of screening, BMC Infect Dis, 13, 181., 10.1186/1471-2334-13-181

2015, Restricted access to antiretroviral treatment for undocumented migrants: a bottle neck to control the HIV epidemic in the EU/EEA, BMC Public Health, 15, 1228., 10.1186/s12889-015-2571-y

2013, The state of hepatitis B and C in the Mediterranean and Balkan countries: report from a summit conference, J Viral Hepat, 20(Suppl 2), 1

2000, Malaria, intestinal parasites, and schistosomiasis among Barawan Somali refugees resettling to the United States: a strategy to reduce morbidity and decrease the risk of imported infections, Am J Trop Med Hyg, 62, 115, 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.115

1999, The cost effectiveness of strategies for the treatment of intestinal parasites in immigrants, N Engl J Med, 340, 773, 10.1056/NEJM199903113401006

2015, A scoping review of cost-effectiveness of screening and treatment for latent tubercolosis infection in migrants from high-incidence countries, BMC Health Serv Res, 15, 412., 10.1186/s12913-015-1045-3