Fraga Mauricio Da Silva Roxkow, Angst Filipe Andre, January James, Madziwa Agnes, Gonah Laston, Lazzarotto Alexandre
Hospital Independência de Porto Alegre.
Catholic University of Mozambique.
Ann Glob Health. 2024 Jul 26;90(1):48. doi: 10.5334/aogh.4242. eCollection 2024.
Refugees usually face a disproportionate burden of infectious diseases. Recently, Brazil has experienced an influx of refugees which demands the need for scaling up public health efforts to address the challenges. The research sought to study the burden and risk factors associated with infectious diseases among refugees received in the city of Porto Alegre. This was a cross-sectional study of 261 newly arrived refugees. The study sample was predominantly composed of Venezuelans (50.6%) and Haitians (44%), male (146: 56.7%), single (30.7%), with an average age of 33.38 (± 7.30) years. The average schooling was 10.42 (± 2.09) years. Diseases with the highest prevalence were influenza, whooping cough, diphtheria, and tuberculosis. There was significant association between the country of origin and presence of symptoms for infectious and contagious diseases, which warrants targeted interventions for reducing the incidence of these diseases among refugees in Brazil.
难民通常面临着不成比例的传染病负担。最近，巴西经历了难民涌入的情况，这就需要加大公共卫生力度来应对这些挑战。该研究旨在调查在阿雷格里港接收的难民中与传染病相关的负担和风险因素。这是一项对261名新到难民进行的横断面研究。研究样本主要由委内瑞拉人（50.6%）和海地人（44%）组成，男性（146人：56.7%），单身（30.7%），平均年龄为33.38（±7.30）岁。平均受教育年限为10.42（±2.09）年。患病率最高的疾病是流感、百日咳、白喉和结核病。原籍国与传染病和传染性疾病症状的出现之间存在显著关联，这就需要采取有针对性的干预措施来降低巴西难民中这些疾病的发病率。
