Sana Samina, Fabbro Elisa, Zovi Andrea, Vitiello Antonio, Ola-Ajayi Toluwani, Zahoui Ziad, Salami Bukola, Sabbatucci Michela
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 11405 87 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada.
Internationalization Staff Unit, Institutional Services Area, University of Trieste, Piazzale Europa, 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Aug 25;11(9):1417. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11091417.
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, asylum seekers, refugees, and foreign-born migrants are more likely to suffer from physical, mental, and socioeconomic consequences owing to their existing vulnerabilities and worsening conditions in refugee camps around the world. In this scenario, the education of migrants and newcomers about immunization is critical to achieving health equity worldwide. Globally, it is unclear whether government vaccination policies are prioritizing the health information needs of migrants. We searched for studies investigating the vaccination uptake of migrant children settled in Italy that were published between January 2003 and 25 June 2023. Following Arksey and O'Malley's five-stage method for scoping reviews, all potentially relevant literature published in English was retrieved from SciSearch, Medline, and Embase. This search resulted in 88 research articles, 25 of which met our inclusion criteria. Our findings indicate unequal access to vaccination due to a lack of available information in the native language of the immigrants' country of origin, vaccine safety concerns or lack of awareness, logistical difficulties, and fear of legal consequences. The findings strongly encourage further government and political discourse to ensure migrants have fair, equitable, ethical, and timely access to essential medicines.
在新冠疫情之后,由于世界各地难民营中现有的脆弱性和日益恶化的条件,寻求庇护者、难民和外国出生的移民更有可能遭受身体、心理和社会经济方面的后果。在这种情况下,对移民和新移民进行免疫接种教育对于在全球实现健康公平至关重要。在全球范围内,政府的疫苗接种政策是否优先考虑移民的健康信息需求尚不清楚。我们搜索了2003年1月至2023年6月25日期间发表的关于意大利定居的移民儿童疫苗接种情况的研究。按照阿克斯和奥马利的五阶段范围审查方法,从科学搜索、医学索引和荷兰医学文摘数据库中检索了所有以英文发表的潜在相关文献。此次搜索得到88篇研究文章,其中25篇符合我们的纳入标准。我们的研究结果表明,由于缺乏移民原籍国母语的可用信息、对疫苗安全的担忧或认识不足、后勤困难以及对法律后果的恐惧,导致疫苗接种机会不平等。这些研究结果强烈鼓励政府和政界进一步开展讨论,以确保移民能够公平、公正、合乎道德且及时地获得基本药物。