Lessons learnt from TB screening in closed immigration centres in Italy

Background Between June 2012 and December 2013 Médecins Sans Frontières launched a pilot project with the aim of testing a strategy for improving timely diagnosis of active pulmonary TB among migrants hosted in four centres of identification and expulsion (CIE) in Italy. Methods This is a descriptiv...

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Published in:	International health Vol. 8; no. 5; pp. 324 - 329
Main Authors:	Crepet, Anna, Repetto, Ernestina, Al Rousan, Ahmad, Sané Schepisi, Monica, Girardi, Enrico, Prestileo, Tullio, Codecasa, Luigi, Garelli, Silvia, Corrao, Salvatore, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Decroo, Tom, Maccagno, Barbara
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Oxford University Press 01.09.2016
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data Female Humans Italy - epidemiology Male Mass Screening - organization & administration Middle Aged Original Pilot Projects Refugees - statistics & numerical data Surveys and Questionnaires Transients and Migrants - statistics & numerical data Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - prevention & control Young Adult Screening Italy Migrants Questionnaire Tuberculosis Immigration detention centres
ISSN:	1876-3413, 1876-3405, 1876-3405
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