Linkage to Care Is Important and Necessary When Identifying Infections in Migrants

Manish Pareek, Teymur Noori, Sally Hargreaves and Maria Van den Muijsenbergh
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Manish Pareek: Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Teymur Noori: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 16973 Solna, Sweden
Sally Hargreaves: Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0HS, UK
Maria Van den Muijsenbergh: Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-4

Abstract: Migration is an important driver of population dynamics in Europe. Although migrants are generally healthy, subgroups of migrants are at increased risk of a range of infectious diseases. Early identification of infections is important as it prevents morbidity and mortality. However, identifying infections needs to be supported by appropriate systems to link individuals to specialist care where they can receive further diagnostic tests and clinical management. In this commentary we will discuss the importance of linkage to care and how to minimise attrition in clinical pathways.

Keywords: migration; health; infection; linkage; care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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