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Refugee and Migrant Health: Protecting Vulnerable People on the Move Amina fled Syria in 2015 with her three children after bombs destroyed their neighborhood in Aleppo. The harrowing journey to Europe took three months—traveling by foot, crowded trucks, and a...

HIV cases in Perumbavoor guest workers Kochi: After a rise in drug-related issues sparked tensions between locals and migrant labourers in Perumbavoor, there is now concern about health department’s difficulty in tracking guest workers, who tested positive for HIV in...

Immigration and poverty tied to heightened HIV risk in the Netherlands There is a strong social gradient associated with HIV diagnoses in the Netherlands, Dr Vita Jongen from Stichting HIV Monitoring and colleagues report in The Lancet Regional Health –...

Translated with AI – Scroll down for article in Russian Medical control is being tightened in Russia: migrants are waiting for tests, fines and a criminal charge for fake certificates The State Duma Committee approved a bill that significantly tightens...

AI translation – Scroll down for article in Spanish Cesida emphasizes that the extraordinary regularization of migrants will improve their real access to public health The State Coordinator of HIV and AIDS (Cesida) has applauded the implementation of the procedures...

Migrants arriving in Russia will be examined for hepatitis B, C and D in 2026. The Ministry of Health has already prepared amendments to the order on medical examination of foreigners, now its draft is under approval, said Natalia Pakskina,...

A bill on combating illegal migration and protecting the health of citizens has been submitted to the State Duma. This was announced on her VKontakte page by Irina Yarovaya, Deputy Speaker of the lower house of parliament. The bill proposes...

If you are an immigrant in NYC, free legal clinics are available to help you. At these clinics, you can speak with a lawyer or a supervised law student at no cost. Many clinics help people regardless of immigration status...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is planning to expand eligibility for publicly funded HIV treatment for foreign nationals next year, although it has not released many details on how the expansion would work. CDC Director-General Lo Yi-chun (羅一鈞) told...

Translated with Deepl.com. For original article in Russian, please scroll down. According to the UN, the health of migrants is a human right, not a factor for discrimination. Various international organisations are calling on countries to provide universal health coverage...