The challenge of establishing an evidence-based and migrant sensitive approach to tuberculosis screening of inbound migrants to Sri Lanka
<p><span>Limited attention has been made by countries of ‘new immigration’ to define an immigration medical examination requirement of inbound migrant flows. Importation of TB through inbound migration routes have been a largely neglected strategy in TB control in Sri Lanka despite incre...
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| description | <p><span>Limited attention has been made by countries of ‘new immigration’ to define an immigration medical examination requirement of inbound migrant flows. Importation of TB through inbound migration routes have been a largely neglected strategy in TB control in Sri Lanka despite increasing migrant flows from endemic regions. We contend that establishing a health assessment for those long stay resident visa applicants to Sri Lanka may be useful in mitigating the spread of TB. However the approach should harness a ‘rights based’ approach to health assessment, and also be linked to the national health system. In this way the assessment becomes a vital mechanism for global public health good rather than be perceived as a tool for discrimination or immigration control. Migrants need to be included in national and global TB control strategies, especially since mobility is a key feature of the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals agenda.</span></p><p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v4i2.6719">http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v4i2.6719</a></p> <p>Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 2014; Vol.4(2):67-76</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16c5b4079e3d4e25bdb8a2f5479ad9622022-12-22T03:36:10ZengSri Lankan Society for MicrobiologySri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases2012-81692448-96542014-10-0142677610.4038/sljid.v4i2.67195665The challenge of establishing an evidence-based and migrant sensitive approach to tuberculosis screening of inbound migrants to Sri LankaS Samaraweera0K Wickramage1Deputy Director, National Tuberculosis Campaign, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Director (Acting) Anti-Malaria Campaign ; and Director Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.International organization for migration<p><span>Limited attention has been made by countries of ‘new immigration’ to define an immigration medical examination requirement of inbound migrant flows. Importation of TB through inbound migration routes have been a largely neglected strategy in TB control in Sri Lanka despite increasing migrant flows from endemic regions. We contend that establishing a health assessment for those long stay resident visa applicants to Sri Lanka may be useful in mitigating the spread of TB. However the approach should harness a ‘rights based’ approach to health assessment, and also be linked to the national health system. In this way the assessment becomes a vital mechanism for global public health good rather than be perceived as a tool for discrimination or immigration control. Migrants need to be included in national and global TB control strategies, especially since mobility is a key feature of the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals agenda.</span></p><p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v4i2.6719">http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v4i2.6719</a></p> <p>Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 2014; Vol.4(2):67-76</p>https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/6719migrants, tuberculosis screening, health policy |
| spellingShingle | S Samaraweera K Wickramage The challenge of establishing an evidence-based and migrant sensitive approach to tuberculosis screening of inbound migrants to Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases migrants, tuberculosis screening, health policy |
| title | The challenge of establishing an evidence-based and migrant sensitive approach to tuberculosis screening of inbound migrants to Sri Lanka |
| title_full | The challenge of establishing an evidence-based and migrant sensitive approach to tuberculosis screening of inbound migrants to Sri Lanka |
| title_fullStr | The challenge of establishing an evidence-based and migrant sensitive approach to tuberculosis screening of inbound migrants to Sri Lanka |
| title_full_unstemmed | The challenge of establishing an evidence-based and migrant sensitive approach to tuberculosis screening of inbound migrants to Sri Lanka |
| title_short | The challenge of establishing an evidence-based and migrant sensitive approach to tuberculosis screening of inbound migrants to Sri Lanka |
| title_sort | challenge of establishing an evidence based and migrant sensitive approach to tuberculosis screening of inbound migrants to sri lanka |
| topic | migrants, tuberculosis screening, health policy |
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