The Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini has said that a high percentage of cases of tuberculosis and scabies have been registered among migrants. This claim was disputed by pediatrician Marcello Lanari, who heads the emergency pediatric unit of the Policlinico Sant'Orsola in Bologna. The pediatrician said the diseases "are linked to poverty and are not brought by migrants."
There have never been so many people on the move worldwide, and they must be guaranteed healthcare, says the World Health Organization (WHO). This is why they just approved a five-year global action plan for migrant health.
A reported 90 million migrants and refugees in Europe live longer compared to the rest of the European population and face lower risks of developing ill health and going to the hospital, according to a recent report released by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, this advantage tends to diminish over the years of permanence in host countries, according to the report.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has published a report "Including the Excluded" on the organization's work to provide medical care to migrants and refugees living at the occupied former Olympic village in Turin known as the ex-MOI. MSF said it allowed marginalized people to enjoy their "right to health."
In recent days, a number of websites have spread 'scientific' claims that African or Middle Eastern blood is not compatible with 'European blood'. This is false. InfoMigrants debunks the claim.
Many girls and women in Africa suffer from the effects of female genital mutilation (FGM), although it is banned in several countries. Doctors on the ground and in Germany provide medical and psychological help.
Migrants arriving in Europe might assume that they are coming to countries with high standards of health care, and this is often true. But the reality, the World Health Organization says, is that migrants' access to treatment in these systems can be limited. Pregnant women migrants and refugees - and their babies - also continue to face much greater health risks than other women in Europe.
Freezing weather is exacerbating difficult conditions for migrants in overcrowded refugee camps in northern Greece. Last week the cold spell led to a protest by dozens of migrants at a camp near Thessaloniki. Greek officials have blamed the number of people flooding into the camp from the islands and across the Turkish border. But could the situation have been prevented?
The results of a commission created by the scientific journal "The Lancet" together with University College of London (UCL) showed that "harmful, unfounded myths are used to justify policies of exclusion" towards migrants. The study highlights that migrants are not disease carriers or a burden on services.
A new report published in UK found that migrants tend to be healthier than the residents in the wealthier countries they move to. While the health of migrants is often an overlooked issue, the study debunks claims by anti-immigrant movements that allege that foreigners are a burden on their public health systems.
Doctors Without Borders is conducting a three-day-long vaccination campaign for over 2,000 migrant minors on the island of Lesbos in Greece. The organization once again urged Greek authorities to implement vaccination policies for refugee children in the country.
Hundreds of people, both migrants and Italians, are living in a former penicillin factory in Rome, amidst rubbish, unsafe structures, and highly dangerous chemical waste. They are calling on the city government to provide them with an alternative so they can leave the structure, which is an environmental hazard to both the structure's occupants and the area's residents.