ERS/UNITE4TB webinar
28 November, 2024 | Online
13:00-14:00 CET
Chairs: Prof. Dr Raquel Duarte (Porto, Portugal), Prof. Dr Christoph Lange (Borstel, Germany)
Speaker: Dr Jessica Potter (London, United Kingdom)
Discussants: Mr Derrick Semugenze (Kampala, Uganda), Ms Omolola Adelowo (Lagos State, Nigeria)
Fees: Free for ERS members and non-members
Risk of TB is embodied across your life course - increased when you live and grow up or work in communities where incidence is high. Across Europe, but particularly in Western Europe, a large proportion of people affected by TB were originally born outside their country of diagnosis. Migrant populations are enormously diverse with a range of intersecting and specific vulnerabilities that shape both TB risk and access to healthcare. To improve TB care and prevention across Europe, we need to consider how best to prevent and treat TB in migrant populations.
TB and migration in a European context:
Considering prevention and care strategies that are particular to migrants: