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GuidelineInfectious diseases now2022

Public health issues and health rendezvous for migrants from conflict zones in Ukraine: A French practice guideline.

N Vignier, V Halley des Fontaines, A Billette de Villemeur, F Cazenave-Roblot, B Hoen, F Chauvin, D Lepelletier, C Chidiac, E Billaud

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Guideline in Infectious diseases now, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Guidance for infectious disease care in the face of human conflict: a case-based narrative review.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025
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  9. Active tuberculosis screening among the displaced population fleeing Ukraine, France, February to October 2022.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2023
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  10. Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

N VignierSociété de pathologie infectieuse de langue française, Paris, France; Centre d'investigation clinique Antilles-Guyane, CIC INSERM 1424, DRISP, centre hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guyana; Centre hospitalier universitaire Avicenne, AP-HP, hôpitaux universitaires Paris Seine-Saint-Denis, université Sorbonne Paris Nord, UFR SMBH, Bobigny, France; Institut convergences et migration, Aubervilliers, France. Electronic address: dr.vignier@gmail.com.
V Halley des FontainesHaut Conseil de la santé publique, Paris, France.
A Billette de VillemeurHaut Conseil de la santé publique, Paris, France.
F Cazenave-RoblotSociété de pathologie infectieuse de langue française, Paris, France; Haut Conseil de la santé publique, Paris, France; Centre hospitalier universitaire de Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
B HoenHaut Conseil de la santé publique, Paris, France; Institut Pasteur de Paris, Paris, France.
F ChauvinHaut Conseil de la santé publique, Paris, France.
D LepelletierHaut Conseil de la santé publique, Paris, France; Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France.
C ChidiacHaut Conseil de la santé publique, Paris, France; Centre hospitalier universitaire de Lyon, UFR de médecine et maïeutique Lyon Sud, université Claude-Bernard-Lyon 1, université de Lyon, CIRI PHE3ID Inserm U1111, UMR5308-ENS Lyon, Lyon, France.
E BillaudHaut Conseil de la santé publique, Paris, France; Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the number of people leaving the war zone in Ukraine and arriving in France, the French high council for public health (HCSP) has drawn up a number of recommendations. The experts have taken into account the vulnerability of migrant populations, which is exacerbated by (a) promiscuity that increases the risk of exposure to infectious agents; (b) the psychological consequences of conflict, family separation and exile; (c) prevalence in Ukraine of communicable diseases such as (possibly multi-resistant) tuberculosis, HIV and HCV; (d) low vaccination coverage (risk of circulation of poliovirus) and (e) the risk of spreading infectious diseases (Covid-19, measles…). Consequently, experts recommend that priority be given to: (i) Initial (immediate) reception, which will help to provide emergency care and to assess immediate needs (psychological disorders, risk of medication breakdown and risk of infection); (ii) Other priority measures (vaccination catch-up, including vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 and mandatory vaccination for children's entry into school, screening for post-traumatic stress disorder and tuberculosis) must be implemented as soon as feasible. At this stage, it is imperative: To ensure coordination and access to information throughout the country, by providing medico-social support (opening of social rights and access to care); To digitize medical data for the purposes of traceability; To use professional interpreting and/or health facilitators, or else, if necessary, digital translation tools. (iii) Finally, experts stress the need for vigilance in terms of management, conservation of social rights and continuity of care after the initial period, and organization of a "health rendezvous" within four months of a migrant's entering the country.

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COVID-19Transients and MigrantsChildHumansPublic HealthSARS-CoV-2UkraineMental healthMigrantsScreeningUkraineVaccination

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PMID35483634
PMCPMC9040487

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