THE FACTORS AND BARRIERS AFFECTING HEALTH OF MIGRANTS AND MODES OF ITS AMELIORATION

Abstract


The article considers international experience in studying health of migrants. The most common diseases in migrant community are described. The factors determining their prevalence are established. The barriers restricting medical care provision to displaced persons, including social economic, cultural, and communicative ones, are described. The ways to improve organization of medical care of migrants are proposed. The proposed measures will help to develop benevolent environment for migrants and will contribute to their successful integration into new country of residence.

About the authors

K. R. Amlaev

Bukhara State medical institute named after Abu Ali Ibn Sino of the Minzdrav of Uzbekistan

H. T. Dakhkilgova

The Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “The Stavropol State Medical University” of the Minzdrav of Russia, 355017, Stavropol, Russia

A. H. ugli Khayitov

Bukhara State medical institute named after Abu Ali Ibn Sino of the Minzdrav of Uzbekistan

D. A. kyzi Azimova

Bukhara State medical institute named after Abu Ali Ibn Sino of the Minzdrav of Uzbekistan

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