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DISEASE AND MIGRATION, Decrease in Income can encourage people to migrate…
DISEASE AND MIGRATION
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Climate change
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Increased Migration can increase climate change= increase the risk of flooding = increase the risk of water borne diseases
Natural hazards
populations may be displaced from their homes and forced to live in crowded and unsanitary conditions, increasing the risk of disease transmission
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damage to healthcare facilities and infrastructure can limit access to healthcare, making it difficult to treat and control infectious diseases
Natural hazards can also affect the distribution of wildlife populations, potentially increasing the risk of zoonotic disease transmission
natural hazards can have significant impacts on the spread and transmission of disease, highlighting the need for effective emergency preparedness and response measures to protect public health
ECONOMIC
People may migrate for employment opportunities, but may bring new diseases from their country of origin = increasing the spread of disease
people who migrate for employment areas may live in a remote area, therefore they have low immunity to the diseases in the new geographical areas= impacted more by the diseases and increases spread.
migrant workers who travel between countries for work may carry and transmit diseases such as tuberculosis or HIV
Some agriculture practices for economic reasons can increase the spread of disease.- eg farmers harvest when the sun is setting/ sleep in the fields= increase the spread of disases like Malaria as they are ouside at peak time for mosquiotes
Migrant workers also often live in poor, overcrowded conditions during the farming season, increasing the spread of disease
Migrants in the host country can have a lack of access to healthcare due to language barriers, lack of insurance or limited availbiliy. Therefore the migrants are impacted more by the disease and can increase the spread of disease
Case studies
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GSK and pharmaceutical companies -indirect global impact through increasing the robustness of healthcare systems such as encouraging health workers into more remote areas, education on preventing diseases and strengthening healthcare facilities
SOCIAL / POLITICAL
Migrants may move for social reasons such as reunification of families- however this may lead to overcrowding in households and poor sanitation = increasing the spread of disease
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Lack of political stability= lack of embedding of disease mitigation strategies = increase the spread of disease
Decrease in Income can encourage people to migrate to a less expensive area, This can cause people to live In poor, overcrowded living conditions