Document 0615
 DOCN  M9440615
 TI    International migration and control of communicable diseases.
 DT    9404
 AU    Gellert GA; Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix 85015.
 SO    Soc Sci Med. 1993 Dec;37(12):1489-99. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94135297
 AB    The epidemiology and policy implications of communicable disease (CD)
       transmission associated with international migration have received
       little systematic study. This is a review of clinical and
       epidemiological reports in search of strategies to assess and manage the
       impact of international migration on the transmission of CDs. The
       economics and demography of migration from less developed to
       industrialized nations is considered. Migration-related transmission
       should differentiate between actual transmission as opposed to
       geographic relocation of disease. Limitations of current screening and
       disease prevention strategies are discussed. Social and ecological
       processes through which migration can contribute to increased CD
       transmission are described, including placement in refugee camps,
       unclear legal status of migrants in recipient nations, and temporary
       return migration. Strategies for non-discriminatory and non-punitive
       control of migration-related CDs, needed changes in clinical practice,
       and complexities presented by CDs of long latency (such as HIV
       infection) are reviewed.
 DE    *Communicable Disease Control  Communicable
       Diseases/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Developing Countries  *Emigration
       and Immigration  Human  HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
       *Transients and Migrants  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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