Call for urgent actions to ensure access to early diagnosis and care of tuberculosis among refugees: Statement of the European Respiratory Society and the European Region of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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¹ World Health Organization Office at the European Union, Brussels, Belgium.
² National Institute for TB, Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Vysne Hagy, Catholic University Ruzomberok, Ruzomberok, Slovakia.
³ Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy giovannibattista.migliori@fsm.it.
⁴ WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland.
⁵ WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.
⁶ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy.
⁷ EPI Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁸ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, UO Clinica Pneumologica, AO San Gerardo, Monza, Italy.
⁹ Paediatric Italian Society, Section Marche, Ancona, Italy.
¹⁰ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
¹¹ Dept of Pneumology, Deaconess Hospital Rotenburg, Rotenburg (Wümme), Germany.
¹² Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, UCL and Tuberculosis Section, Public Health England, London, UK.
¹³ European Respiratory Society, EU Affairs Dept, Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁴ University Respiratory Medicine Unit, Evgenidio Hospital, Athens, Greece.

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Masoud Dara et al. Eur Respir J. 2016 May.

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. 2016 May;47(5):1345-7.

doi: 10.1183/13993003.00377-2016. Epub 2016 Mar 23.

¹ World Health Organization Office at the European Union, Brussels, Belgium.
² National Institute for TB, Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Vysne Hagy, Catholic University Ruzomberok, Ruzomberok, Slovakia.
³ Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy giovannibattista.migliori@fsm.it.
⁴ WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland.
⁵ WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.
⁶ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy.
⁷ EPI Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁸ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, UO Clinica Pneumologica, AO San Gerardo, Monza, Italy.
⁹ Paediatric Italian Society, Section Marche, Ancona, Italy.
¹⁰ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
¹¹ Dept of Pneumology, Deaconess Hospital Rotenburg, Rotenburg (Wümme), Germany.
¹² Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, UCL and Tuberculosis Section, Public Health England, London, UK.
¹³ European Respiratory Society, EU Affairs Dept, Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁴ University Respiratory Medicine Unit, Evgenidio Hospital, Athens, Greece.

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Language discordance between tuberculosis patients and healthcare providers challenging universal access.
Nakiwala D, Kellgren L, Herzmann C, Olaru ID, Brown M, Ferrand R, Khan P, Kranzer K. Nakiwala D, et al. Eur Respir J. 2017 Apr 19;49(4):1700116. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00116-2017. Print 2017 Apr. Eur Respir J. 2017. PMID: 28424365 No abstract available.