Beyond one size fits all: tailoring healthcare to the realities of migration

Giancarlo Ceccarelli^{1

2

3}, Francesco Branda⁴, Marta Giovanetti^{5

6

7}, Gabriella d'Ettorre¹, Fabio Scarpa⁸, Massimo Ciccozzi^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
² Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
³ Migrant and Global Health Research Organization (Mi-HeRO), Rome, Italy.
⁴ Medical Statistics and Molecular Epidemiology, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Climate Amplified Diseases and Epidemics (CLIMADE), Brazil, Brazil.
⁶ Instituto Rene Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
⁷ Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Development and One Health, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy.
⁸ Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.

Giancarlo Ceccarelli et al. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2024.

. 2024 Aug 31:45:101058.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101058. eCollection 2024 Oct.

Giancarlo Ceccarelli^{1

2

3}, Francesco Branda⁴, Marta Giovanetti^{5

6

7}, Gabriella d'Ettorre¹, Fabio Scarpa⁸, Massimo Ciccozzi^{3

4}

¹ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
² Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
³ Migrant and Global Health Research Organization (Mi-HeRO), Rome, Italy.
⁴ Medical Statistics and Molecular Epidemiology, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Climate Amplified Diseases and Epidemics (CLIMADE), Brazil, Brazil.
⁶ Instituto Rene Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
⁷ Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Development and One Health, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy.
⁸ Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests. This work received no financial support.

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