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. 2007 Mar;85(3):200–206. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036962

Table 1. Impact of migration on health and foreign policy.

Migrant impact on host population Examples of health consequences Foreign policy implication
Increase in population census Increase in health-service demand; need for culturally and linguistically appropriate services Healthy migrant populations from donor country programmes; cultural and linguistic diversity planning
Immigration selection criteria; medical screening for inclusion or exclusion; removal and deportation policies; management of diaspora remittances
Shift in host population demographics (age, gender, fecundity) Health services planning and infrastructure maintenance for shift in population biometrics Pre-arrival health interventions: nutrition, early medical interventions, maternal-child disease prevention, chronic-disease assessments and management
Different health determinants and outcomes Health professional education, training and recruitment; improving diagnostic services Targeted screening for medical or surgical intervention for prevention and health promotion
Foreign investment in development for social, economic, and health infrastructure parity
Public health demands due to differential risk of transmissible diseases Public health programmes for health promotion, health protection and disease prevention Pre-arrival targeted screening for early intervention, behaviour modification and disease prevention