Impact of immigration on HIV and tuberculosis epidemiology in the Euro-Mediterranean area

The Institut National d'Hygiène (Morocco) coordinates a consortium with the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain) which is part of a project called ""Impact of migration on HIV and TB epidemiology in the Mediterranean area"", funded by the Sixth Framework Programme for Research of the European Commission. The project was launched in May 2007 and is intended as a specific support action to improve the capacity of the countries in the Euro-Mediterranean area for obtaining quality epidemiological information on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) among migrants, while taking into consideration ethical and legal issues related to health in migrant populations. To this end, the project proposed to hold two workshops [1] to bring together all the relevant stakeholders: delegates of international and national non-governmental organisations (NGOs) concerned with the process, experts and health professionals, researchers, representatives of the United Nations Agencies and other decision makers (Ministries of Health, Interior and Justice). .