Matching physicians to newly arrived refugees in a context of physician shortage: innovation through advocacy

Diagnostic evaluation of newly arrived asymptomatic refugees with eosinophilia.

BACKGROUND Refugees may arrive for resettlement with asymptomatic parasitic infections, and eosinophilia may be the only clue to the presence of infection. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of eosinophilia and develop a standardized approach to the evaluation of asymptomatic refugees with eosinophilia. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of refugees seen from October 1998 through Ma...

Strategies to prevent varicella among newly arrived adult immigrants and refugees: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

In temperate, industrialized countries, such as Canada, varicella is a common disease in childhood [1]. In tropical countries, for reasons that are not entirely clear, varicella occurs among young adults. Seroprevalence data from tropical regions suggest that up to 30% of individuals are susceptible to varicella at 20 years of age, and 5%–10% remain susceptible at 30 years of age [2, 3]. There ...

High incidence of Plasmodium vivax malaria in newly arrived Eritrean refugees in Sweden since May 2014.

Since May 2014, an increase in Plasmodium vivax malaria has been observed in Sweden. As of 31 August 2014, 105 malaria cases have been reported in newly arrived Eritrean refugees, 84 of them P. vivax. The patients were mainly young men and reported migration through Ethiopia and/or Sudan. Severe anaemia and long symptom duration reflect inadequate healthcare during migration. Countries currentl...

Enter at your own risk: government changes to comprehensive care for newly arrived Canadian refugees.

Evaluation of a multilingual oral health DVD for newly arrived refugees.

Praveena Gunaratnam, Lidija Sestakova, Mitchell Smith and Siranda Torvaldsen NSW Public Health Officer Training Program, NSW Ministry of Health, 73 Miller Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Medicine, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. NSW Refugee Health Service, PO Box 144, Liverpool BC, NSW 1871, Australia. Corresponding author. Email: pgu...