Public Health Aspect of Migrations

Authors: Obradović Z* and Slatina E

DOI: 10.23880/eij-16000137

Volume 4, Issue 1

Abstract

Migration is a global population movement in almost all the world, affecting all segments of social life. Of particular importance is the impact of migration on public health, which is reflected as an increase of morbidity of migrants and of the local population in countries where migrants pass through or in which they finally reside. The occurrence of illness in migrants is related to the individual characteristics of persons who are migrants (age, gender, health and hygiene and cultural habits), the reasons why they migrate, the type of migration (legal-illegal), the transportation mode as well as the season in which migrations occur. Migrants suffer from various diseases; the most common are infectious diseases as consequences from poor accommodation and hygiene conditions (scabies, pediculosis), diseases associated with injuries (blood borne diseases) and vaccinepreventable diseases. A large number of migrants are burdening for the local health systems that are planned and capacitated for the local population.

Keywords: Migration; Impact on health; Diseases

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