Author： Kärki Tommi Napoli Christian Riccardo Flavia Fabiani Massimo Dente Maria Grazia Carballo Manuel Noori Teymur Declich Silvia
Publisher： MDPI
E-ISSN： 1660-4601|11|10|11004-11014
ISSN： 1660-4601
Source： International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.11, Iss.10, 2014-10, pp. : 11004-11014
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Abstract
Screening is one possible tool for monitoring infectious diseases among migrants. However, there is limited information on screening programmes targeted for newly arrived migrants in EU/EEA countries. Our aim was to investigate the implementation, practices and usefulness of these programmes. We conducted a survey among country experts from EU/EEA countries and Switzerland, asking whether their countries had implemented screening programmes. We also estimated the association between the implementation of these programmes and the rate of asylum-seekers in the population. Of the countries, 16 (59%) had implemented screening programmes and 15 (56%) had national guidelines. The rate of asylum-seekers was associated with implementation of screening programmes (
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