Silvia Angeletti
Research Unit of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy
Title: The role of the microbiological surveillance in the definition of the health status of migrant population: Sentinel Surveillance data from an asylum seekers Centre in Italy
Biography
Biography: Silvia Angeletti
Abstract
Migrant populations are represented by group of people forced to migrate by the difficult conditions of life experimented in their Country of origin as a consequence of civil wars and political instability. The onset of civil war can led to the complete deterioration of the health infrastructure through the destruction of facilities, the shortage in health care personnel and medicines other than a lack of secure routes and transportation. These conditions joined with the deterioration of immunization programs induced the spread of communicable diseases like measles, poliomyelitis, meningitis through the migrant populations creating a fertile condition for the epidemic spread of unsual infections also within the refugee camps of the hosting Country. The refugees camps are a sort of community where almost 900 migrants and refugees stay for a medium of 15 months and for this reason the monitoring by a sentinel surveillance the people arriving so as their health status before and after the entrance in the camps it is noteworthy. At this aim we present data from the microbiological surveillance of migrants coming from Syria and Eritrea at their arrival in an asylum seekers Centre in Italy to define their health status and to evidence the need for strategic policy of assistance to people that have to travel within Europe facing many kilometers again. In conclusion the microbiological surveillance represents a useful action to understand refugees health status and to trace unusual microorganisms movement even carriers of antimicrobial resistance during migrants travelling.