Learning @ ISTM
CISTM17 - Separate Ways - Refugee & Migrant Medicine
Why not assess migrants' health status and provide presumptive treatment even before departure towards their new home? - Some countries actually do. But what diseases are relevant in migrants? What diseases should be screened for and how? What treatment should be provided? And is this at all ethical? This workshop will make participants address these questions in an interactive manner and develop solutions.
OBJECTIVES:
• Understand important clinical challenges seen in migrants
• Discuss pathways for an efficient work-up and explain the concept of pre- and post-departure screening of migrants
• Develop screening suggestions for migrants by region of origin and explain their choices.