News

8 February 2012: BMJ article [external link] by Tony Delamothe, deputy editor, in response to the Migrant Health conference at Cumberland Lodge

6 February 2012: new page added: Collection of country of birth information in primary care

4 January 2012: the HPA leaflet 'Malaria: Information for people travelling overseas' is now available in Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi and Urdu on the Malaria page.

20 December 2011: Health Protection Agency report published today - Migrant Health: Infectious diseases in non-UK born populations in the UK. An update to the baseline report - 2011

18 October 2011: A Migrant Health conference [external link] is planned for 25-27 January 2012 at Cumberland Lodge, in association with the Health Protection Agency, to look at three of the key themes of the World Health Assembly Resolution on the Health of Migrants:

• Monitoring migrant health
• Policy and legal frameworks affecting migrants' health
• Migrant sensitive health system

The aim of the conference is to review where we are in the UK in relation to the World Health Assembly Resolution and make recommendations for action.  Please see the Cumberland Lodge website for registration information [external link].

17 October 2011: the HPA leaflet 'Typhoid - Health advice for travellers' is now available in Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi and Urdu on the Enteric fevers page. 

17 August 2011: Universal Access to Healthcare in the Age of Migration [external link] conference is taking place on Friday 23rd September 2011 in London

23 June 2011: GPonline [external link] article published about the Migrant Health Guide, Online learning - Understanding migrant health by Dr Sarah Montgomery (requires free-of-charge user registration to access article)

2 June 2011: New Professional Training page added with links to events and resources - please email tmhs@hpa.org.uk to notify us of any other relevant links for this page

24 May 2011: Migrant Health Guide PowerPoint Slides are now available to aid health professionals promoting the Migrant Health Guide

14 March 2011: Country pages are now available for Israel, Japan and Singapore.

14 February 2011: New information added to the Chemical hazards page.

26 January 2011: Migrant Health Guide launched.

Press release: New online resource launched to help GPs and nurses care for migrant patients