Eurosurveillance
Volume 16, Issue 46, 2011

Syndromic surveillance of epidemic-prone diseases in response to an influx of migrants from North Africa to Italy, May to October 2011 (Article) (Open Access)

Riccardo F. , Napoli C. , Bella A. , Rizzo C. , Rota M.C. , Dente M.G. , De Santis S. , Declich S.*
  • a National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy
  • b National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy, University of Bari, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Bari, Italy
  • c National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy
  • d National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy
  • e National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy
  • f National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy
  • g National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy
  • h National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy

Abstract

Following civil unrest in North Africa early in 2011, there was a large influx of migrants in Italy. A syndromic surveillance system was set up in April to monitor the health of this migrant population and respond rapidly to any health emergency. In the first six months, the system produced 67 alerts across all syndromes monitored and four alarms. There were no health emergencies, however, indicating that this migration flow was not associated with an increased risk of communicable disease transmission in Italy.

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Index Keywords

information processing emergency medicine methodology Population Surveillance human risk assessment Communicable Diseases ethnology disease surveillance Humans risk factor Risk Factors Africa medical information system Incidence Article Disease Notification disease transmission epidemic infection control communicable disease Africa, Northern migration emergency health service North Africa Emergency Service, Hospital Emigration and Immigration Italy health care system public health health survey
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-81355133482&doi=10.2807%2fese.16.46.20016-en&partnerID=40&md5=6b17525b86f3a573da6ee17ca642cc5d
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.46.20016-en
ISSN: 1025496X
Cited by: 9
Original Language: English