title: Call for urgent actions to ensure access to early diagnosis and care of tuberculosis among refugees: Statement of the European Respiratory Society and the European Region of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization Office at the European Union, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0025-6607
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dara
authors.affiliation: National Institute for TB, Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Vysne Hagy, Catholic University Ruzomberok, Ruzomberok, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Solovic
authors.affiliation: Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy giovannibattista.migliori@fsm.it.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sotgiu
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Lia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: D'Ambrosio
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.
authors.forename: Rosella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Centis
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goletti
authors.affiliation: EPI Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, UO Clinica Pneumologica, AO San Gerardo, Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aliberti
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Italian Society, Section Marche, Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: Fernando Maria
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: de Benedictis
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bothamley
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pneumology, Deaconess Hospital Rotenburg, Rotenburg (Wümme), Germany.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schaberg
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, UCL and Tuberculosis Section, Public Health England, London, UK.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abubakar
authors.affiliation: European Respiratory Society, EU Affairs Dept, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.affiliation: European Respiratory Society, EU Affairs Dept, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Vitor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: University Respiratory Medicine Unit, Evgenidio Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gratziou
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni Battista
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Migliori
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D009938:Organizations; D012036:Refugees; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D014378:Tuberculosis Societies