ReviewScandinavian journal of public health2016
Measles among migrants in the European Union and the European Economic Area.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to Improve Vaccination Uptake and Cost Effectiveness of Vaccination Strategies in Newly Arrived Migrants in the EU/EEA: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Vaccinations in migrants and refugees: a challenge for European health systems. A systematic review of current scientific evidence.Pathogens and global health · 2017Pooled it
- National approaches to the vaccination of recently arrived migrants in Europe: A comparative policy analysis across 32 European countries.Travel medicine and infectious diseasePooled it
- Access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for refugees transiting through Europe: a scoping review.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Securing long-term immunity: The possible necessity of supplementary measles vaccination.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
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- Knowledge and attitudes of healthcare personnel about vaccination of migrant and refugee children and adolescents.Journal of migration and health · 2024Article
- Access to Vaccination for Newly Arrived Migrants: Developing a General Conceptual Framework for Understanding How to Improve Vaccination Coverage in European Countries.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- Prevalence and management of rubella susceptibility in healthcare workers in Italy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Vaccine: X · 2022Article
- Review of the measles epidemic in children from Central Eastern Europe in the third millennium.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2021Article
- Immunization Catch-Up for Newly Arrived Migrants in France: A Cross-Sectional Study among French General Practitioners.Vaccines · 2021Article
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- Infectious disease outbreaks among forcibly displaced persons: an analysis of ProMED reports 1996-2016.Conflict and health · 2020Article
- Infectious Diseases among Refugee Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Healthcare is not universal if undocumented migrants are excluded.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019Article
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- Spread of Measles in Europe and Implications for US Travelers.Pediatrics · 2019Review
- Children on the move in Europe: a narrative review of the evidence on the health risks, health needs and health policy for asylum seeking, refugee and undocumented children.BMJ paediatrics open · 2019Article
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Abstract
aimsProgress towards meeting the goal of measles elimination in the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA) by 2015 is being obstructed, as some children are either not immunized on time or never immunized. One group thought to be at increased risk of measles is migrants; however, the extent to which this is the case is poorly understood, due to a lack of data. This paper addresses this evidence gap by providing an overview of the burden of measles in migrant populations in the EU/EEA.
methodsData were collected through a comprehensive literature review, a country survey of EU/EEA member states and information from measles experts gathered at an infectious disease workshop.
resultsOur results showed incomplete data on measles in migrant populations, as national surveillance systems do not systematically record migration-specific information; however, evidence from the literature review and country survey suggested that some measles outbreaks in the EU/EEA were due to sub-optimal vaccination coverage in migrant populations.
conclusionsWe conclude that it is essential that routine surveillance of measles cases and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination coverage become strengthened, to capture migrant-specific data. These data can help to inform the provision of preventive services, which may need to reach out to vulnerable migrant populations that currently face barriers in accessing routine immunization and health services.
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