Action against vaccine-preventable infectious diseases and tuberculosis in Nomad Camps: the experience of a Local Health Unit in Rome.
In Italy the highest incidence of Tuberculosis (TB) cases is in young adult migrants. In 2011, the sanitarystaff of the Local Health Unit (ASL) Roma A promoted a vaccination campaign conducting several public health interventions in Nomad Camps. After notification of a case of TB in the Camp of Via Salaria, out of 357 Mantoux skin tests performed, 93 were positive (26%); subsequently, 5 subjects with radiographic positivity were hospitalized. The vaccination campaign was carried out to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in immigrant communities at high risk of contagion and to avoid the consequent transmission in the host country. As a result, vaccinations coverage among the residents of the Camps increased: 367 vaccinated subjects (30% more than previous year) and 612 administered vaccinations.
Local Health Unit (Roma A), Rome, Italy.
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Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
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Semyonov
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
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Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
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Giraldi
Local Health Unit (Roma A), Rome, Italy.
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Local Health Unit (Roma A), Rome, Italy.
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D'Amici
Local Health Unit (Roma A), Rome, Italy.
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Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
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Boccia
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation.
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D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012384:Rome / Q000453:epidemiology; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014374:Tuberculin Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods
D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D001500:BCG Vaccine