BACKGROUND HIV transmission in rural areas of China is being fueled in part by migrant workers who acquire HIV outside of their hometowns. Recent surveillance statistics indicate that HIV prevalence among returning migrants has increased significantly. METHODS We conducted a community-based cross-sectional study to assess HIV-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among migrant returnees ...

This excerpt focuses on the laws concerning the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families. The excerpt takes into account the principles contained in the basic instruments of the UN about human rights; particularly, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; the International Convention on t...

T definition of migrant appearing above includes elements from the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Migrants1 and from the American Heritage Dictionary.2 For many in the United States, the term migrant worker conjures an image of an immigrant farm laborer. However, most migrants participate in multiple industries in addition to agriculture, generally low-wage and often high-risk occupations suc...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to develop a Chinese HIV/AIDS Stigma Scale (C-HSS) and test its reliability and validity among migrant workers in eastern China. METHODS Nine hundred sixty four migrant workers completed the C-HSS questionnaire in Zhejiang province. The Split-half reliability coefficient (R) and Cronbach's alpha coefficient (a) for internal consistency of the scale were us...

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Since 1982 using freely available multiple drug therapy (MDT), over 15 million people have been cured. The World Health Organization in 1991set its goal as ‘the elimination of leprosy as a public health problem by the year 2000. The elimination goal of less than one case per 10 000 population was reached at a global level by the year 2000 and all but a small number of countries had achieved the...

The 1980s and 1990s were characterized by an absorption of foreign labour into the Malaysian economy that was unprecedented in terms of numbers and rapidity. From approximately 500,000 foreign workers in 1984 (Ministry of Human Resources, 1991) their numbers shot up beyond 1.2 million in 1991 (Pillai, 1992) and 2.4 million in early 1998 (Utusan Malaysia, 1998). Labour voids manifested particula...

OBJECTIVES To explore HIV/AIDS related knowledge, attitude and behaviour among migrant peasant workers in Changsha, which is a inland city in central China, and to provide evidence that educating this population may help to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in China. METHODS A total of 1782 migrant peasant workers participated in the study. A questionnaire was used to determine their knowledge o...