Department of Microbiology, Primeasia University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Department of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh.
Afr Health Sci. 2023 Jun;23(2):161-168. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v23i2.17.
In Bangladesh, labour migration is a source of employment and workers' remittances are critical to poverty mitigation. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hepatitis B, C, HIV, tuberculosis, syphilis, kidney and liver diseases along with presence of infections among aspirant migrant workers of Bangladesh.
This study was carried out from September-December 2019. We analysed data collected on screening tests of specific diseases of aspirant workers. For each test, the prevalence was computed with 95% confidence interval. Association between categorical data was determined by the Chi-square test.
A total of 2385 aspirants, 1988 (83.35%) males, aged between 18 and 65 years (29.76±6.578) were studied. Positive results for screening tests of HBsAg were 38 (1.6%,), anti-HCV were 2 (0.08%), TPHA were 25 (1.05%) and VDRL were 5 (0.21%) though no individual was positive for HIV and TB. Elevated level of SGOT (n=99, 4.2%), SGPT (n=322, 13.5%), RBS (n=57, 2.4%), bilirubin (n=46, 1.92%), creatinine (n=7, 0.3%) and ESR (n=19, 0.8%) were found in the workers.
Diagnosis of diseases of workers is obligatory before going abroad to safeguard the health of the workers and residents of destination country. Consequently, it will contribute to reducing the global burden of infectious diseases.
在孟加拉国,劳务移民是就业的一个来源,而工人的汇款对减贫至关重要。本研究旨在评估孟加拉国拟移民工人中乙型肝炎、丙型肝炎、艾滋病毒、结核病、梅毒、肾脏和肝脏疾病的流行情况以及感染情况。
本研究于 2019 年 9 月至 12 月进行。我们分析了对拟移民工人特定疾病筛查检测所收集的数据。对于每种检测,采用 95%置信区间计算患病率。采用卡方检验确定分类数据之间的关联。
共研究了 2385 名拟移民工人,其中 1988 名(83.35%)为男性,年龄在 18 至 65 岁之间(29.76±6.578)。HBsAg 筛查试验阳性结果为 38 例(1.6%),抗 HCV 为 2 例(0.08%),TPHA 为 25 例(1.05%),VDRL 为 5 例(0.21%),但无人 HIV 和 TB 阳性。SGOT(n=99,4.2%)、SGPT(n=322,13.5%)、RBS(n=57,2.4%)、胆红素(n=46,1.92%)、肌酐(n=7,0.3%)和 ESR(n=19,0.8%)升高的工人。
出国前对工人进行疾病诊断是强制性的,以保障工人和目的地国居民的健康。因此,这将有助于减轻全球传染病负担。