Items tagged with Mobile populations
Digital patient tracking aims to tackle TB crisis in Southern Africa (post)
GUADALAJARA, Mexico, 27 October 2017 — Every year, 500,000 men travel across southern Africa to work in South Africa’s mines. In doing so, they find themselves triply vulnerable to contracting tuberculosis.
Demographics can help identify migrants to Canada at high risk of TB (post)
Demographic characteristics can help identify groups of immigrants in Canada at high risk of tuberculosis (TB), according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Japan fights TB surge among arriving foreigners (post)
OSAKA -- Japan is scrambling to address a surge in tuberculosis cases among foreigners, prompting a new policy requiring proof of non-infection from visa applicants from China, the Philippines and four other Asian countries with high infection rates.
Chest X-rays for visa renewals in bid to tackle TB in Oman (post)
Muscat: Oman’s Ministry of Health has said that a decision to introduce compulsory chest X-rays for all expats who renew their employment visas is to screen for tuberculosis (TB) in the country.
TB Europe Coalition: A series of webinars on TB and migrant health (post)
The TB Europe Coalition and the Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health in Eastern Europe and Central Asia are coordinating a series of 3 webinars on TB and migrant health. The webinars will address the barriers migrants face when accessing TB and healthcare services across the World Health Organization European Region and the challenges for service delivery.
Webinar: TB and migrant health in Western Europe (post)
On 20 April 2021, the TB Europe Coalition and the Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health in Eastern Europe and Central Asia will co-host a webinar addressing the barriers migrants face when accessing TB and healthcare services across the Western European countries and the challenges for service delivery.
Webinar: TB and migrant health in EECA - materials now available online (post)
On 3 March 2021, the TB Europe Coalition and the Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) co-hosted a webinar addressing the barriers migrants face when accessing TB and healthcare services across the EECA countries and the challenges for service delivery.
Webinar: TB and migrant health in Western Europe - materials now available online (post)
On 20 April 2021, the TB Europe Coalition and the Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health in Eastern Europe and Central Asia co-hosted a webinar addressing the barriers migrants face when accessing TB and healthcare services across the Western European countries and the challenges for service delivery.
TB Europe Coalition: Panel session on migrant health and TB service delivery (post)
On 21 May 2021, the TB Europe Coalition and the Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health in Eastern Europe and Central Asia will co-host a panel session on migrant health and TB service delivery in the World Health Organization European Region.
TB Europe Coalition: TB and migrant health survey (post)
Following a series of three webinars on the topic of TB care for migrants in Europe, the TB Europe Coalition is conducting a short survey to identify the main challenges civil society faces in ensuring equitable access to TB and other healthcare services for migrants in the World Health Organization European Region.
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