Surveillance of communicable diseases among the Kosovar refugees in Albania, April-June 1999

M Valenciano; A Pinto; D Coulombier; E Hashorva; M Murthi

doi:10.2807/esm.04.09.00079-en

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Surveillance of communicable diseases among the Kosovar refugees in Albania, April-June 1999
M Valenciano^1,2 , A Pinto¹ , D Coulombier³ , E Hashorva⁴ , M Murthi⁴
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Affiliations: ¹ Communicable Diseases Surveillance System, W.H.O Tirana, Albania ² European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) ³ Institut de Veille Sanitaire, St-Maurice, France ⁴ National Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania

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Citation style for this article: Valenciano M, Pinto A, Coulombier D, Hashorva E, Murthi M. Surveillance of communicable diseases among the Kosovar refugees in Albania, April-June 1999. Euro Surveill. 1999;4(9):pii=79. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.04.09.00079-en

Abstract

Albania, a country with 3.5 million inhabitants, is facing an economic and social crisis. The average per capita income is less than US$1000 per year. Since 1995 unemployment has increased by 2.7%. Poverty and migration are major constraints of the societ