Tuberculosis Control in Migrating Population

With the rapid development of economy and international communication, world population mobility increase significantly. As migrating population is one of vulnerable populations to infectious diseases, strengthening monitoring system and intervention appr

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Tuberculosis Control in Migrating Population

Wei-ye Yu • Pu-Xuan Lu • Wei-guo Tan Editors

Tuberculosis Control in Migrating Population

Editors Wei-ye Yu Department of Tuberculosis The Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control Shenzhen Guangdong China

Pu-Xuan Lu Department of Radiology The Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control Shenzhen Guangdong China

Wei-guo Tan Department of Tuberculosis The Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control Shenzhen Guangdong China

ISBN 978-981-32-9762-3    ISBN 978-981-32-9763-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9763-0 © People’s Medical Publishing House, PR of China 2020 Jointly published with People’s Medical Publishing House, PR of China This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publishers, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publishers, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publishers nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publishers remain neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore

Preface

With the rapid development of economy, international communication, tourism, migration, and labor, as well as world population mobility increase significantly. Such migration and mobility pose a serious challenge to the prevention and control of tuberculosis. Shenzhen, a new and open city in southern China near Hong Kong, has more than 10 million immigrants from all over China. Only a few cities in China and even in the world have such large population of immigrants. Large-scale population mobility makes tuberculosis epidemic control much more difficult. It can seriously endanger human health. We have carried out a systematic research on this important issue in human health for many years, constructed and implemented tuberculosis control strategy, initiated tuberculosis management and control model, and set up a tuberculosis control strategy for migrating popula