Introduction: Since February 24, 2022, at the time of writing this plan, approximately 400,000+ refugees had entered Moldova and 282,842 exited Moldova. EMTCC will need to coordinate international medical teams assisting with increasing refugee numbers crossing into from southern Ukraine for MOH EMT’s in support trauma management Palanca related borders referral health care facilities within Me...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is an emerging public health concern near the US-Mexico border, where it has resulted in thousands of cases and hundreds of deaths in the past decade. We identified 4 patients who had acquired RMSF in northern Mexico and subsequently died at US healthcare facilities. Two patients sought care in Mexico before being admitted to US-based hospitals. All patients ...

Introduction / objectives As part of the EurSafety Health-net project, a cross-border German-Dutch healthcare project to reduce HAIs, and in cooperation with regional specialists in care for the elderly, we developed an infection control quality improvement program for nursing homes. Aim of this multi-year project is to implement a complete infection control program for nursing homes in a step-...

The establishment of the European Common Market has involved the free movement not only of capital and goods, but also of persons and services. The principles of free movement also apply to the health care sector, i.e. they allow for the free incorporation of health care providers and the cross-border delivery of services. Since the 1970s, the European Union (EU) has passed numerous regulations...

www.aafp.org/afp Volume 90, Number 9 ◆ November 1, 2014 Case Scenario A 16-year-old boy from Honduras came to our office at a federally qualified health center for a physical examination and vaccinations for school. He recently crossed the United States–Mexico border as an unaccompanied minor and was detained by U.S. immigration authorities before subsequently being sent to live with his older ...

The article by Brenna and Spandonaro on interregional mobility for acute hospital care in Italy raises important issues concerning social and territorial equity in a healthcare system. Based on Regions and private providers' strategic behavior, the hypothesis adopted to explain patient cross-border mobility (CBM), demonstrated by statistical analysis, may be further explored using qualitative m...

An effective example of community Public Mental Health collaboration to address the limitations institutions in reaching and serving underserved populations is The Network Organizations Dedicated Prevention Care Mental, Neurological Substance Abuse Disorders (La Red de Organizaciones Dedicadas a la Prevención y Atención Trastornos Mentales, Neurológicos por Abuso Sustancias) ROTMENAS by its acr...

BACKGROUND The Binational Border Infectious Disease Surveillance program began surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) on the US-Mexico border in 2009. Here, we describe patients in Southern Arizona. METHODS Patients admitted to five acute care hospitals that met the SARI case definition (temperature ≥37·8°C or reported fever or chills with history of cough, sore throat, o...