ABSTRACT

Exponential growth of the world’s population combined with increased travel has dramatically increased the spread of infectious diseases. Although there has been significant focus on migration, the major contributors to the transmission of communicable diseases are travel and tourism not migration. Given that children represent up to 10% of international travellers, it is critical to the health of all age groups to ensure that tailored guidance for children is considered in public health policy and guidelines, and pandemic responses. To further support pandemic preparedness, public health systems need to strengthen ties with communities and health systems. In addition, travel and migration issues need to be included as core competencies in medical education. Ensuring that clinicians who care for children have knowledge of travel and migration health will foster a better health outcome in an increasingly mobile population at risk of emerging infectious diseases.

Abbreviations CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; DGMQ: CDC Division of Global Migration and Quarantine; EID: emerging infectious diseases; EU: European Union; VFR: visiting friends and relatives; IOM: United Nations International Organization for Migration; LPR: lawful permanent resident; US: United States of America; WHO: World Health Organization.

摘要

世界人口的指数增长加上旅行的增加，大大增加了传染病的传播。尽管移徙受到了极大的关注，但传播传染病的主要因素是旅行和旅游业，而不是移徙。鉴于儿童占国际旅行者的 10%，因此确保在公共卫生政策和指南以及大流行应对措施中考虑针对儿童的量身定制的指导对于所有年龄组的健康至关重要。为了进一步支持大流行病的防范，公共卫生系统需要加强与社区和卫生系统的联系。此外，旅行和移民问题需要作为医学教育的核心能力。

缩写CDC：疾病控制与预防中心；DGMQ：CDC 全球移民和检疫司；EID：新发传染病；欧盟：欧盟；VFR：走亲访友；IOM：联合国国际移民组织；LPR：合法永久居民；美国：美利坚合众国；世界卫生组织：世界卫生组织。