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Disease Surveillance Among Newly Arriving Refugees and Immigrants--Electronic Disease Notification System, United States, 2009
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November 15, 2013
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Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2013; v. 62, no. 7
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Journal Article:Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
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Description:Approximately 450,000 legal permanent immigrants and 75,000 refugees enter the United States annually after receiving required medical examinations by overseas panel physicians (physicians who follow the CDC medical screening guidelines provided to the U.S. Department of State). CDC has the regulatory responsibility for preventing the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases into the United States as well as for developing the guidelines, known as technical instructions, for the overseas medical examinations. Other conditions that are not infectious might preclude an immigrant or refugee from entering the United States and also are reported as part of the medical examination. After arrival in the United States, all refugees are recommended to obtain a medical assessment by a health-care provider or a health department within 30 days. In addition, immigrants with certain medical conditions such as noninfectious tuberculosis at the time of the original medical examination are recommended to be evaluated after arrival to ensure that appropriate prevention or treatment measures are instituted. Health departments need timely and accurate notifications of newly arriving immigrants, refugees, and persons with other visa types to facilitate these evaluations. Notifications for all newly arriving refugees (with or without medical conditions) and immigrants with medical conditions are provided by CDC’s Electronic Disease Notification (EDN) system. This is the first report describing EDN.
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ISSN:1546-0738 (print);1545-8636 (digital);
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Pages in Document:24 pdf pages
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Volume:62
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Issue:7
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