Publications by authors named "L Gruer"
Article Synopsis
- Studies show that migrants have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic because they face many risks for getting sick and not getting good care.
- To help, countries need to follow health rules that include everyone and make sure everyone can get care, while also respecting migrants' rights.
- International groups like the World Health Organization suggest fighting racism and discrimination by helping migrants get vaccinations and access health services, while also sharing successful programs that work well for migrants.
Background: Reducing neonatal mortality rates (NMR) in developing countries is a key global health goal, but weak registration systems in the region stifle public health efforts.
Objective: To calculate NMRs, investigate modifiable risk factors, and explore neonatal deaths by place of birth and death, and cause of death in two administrative areas in Ghana.
Methods: Data on livebirths were extracted from the health and demographic surveillance systems in Navrongo (2004-2012) and Kintampo (2005-2010).
The inaugural conference of the Global Society on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health COVID-19 examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and ethnic minorities and the role of racism. Migrants everywhere have faced tightening immigration restrictions, more obstacles to healthcare, increased racism and worsening poverty. Higher COVID-19 mortality rates have been otbserved in ethnic/racial minorities in the United Kingdom and the United States.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Ethnicity can influence susceptibility to infection, as COVID-19 has shown. Few countries have systematically investigated ethnic variations in infection.
Methods: We linked the Scotland 2001 Census, including ethnic group, to national databases of hospitalizations/deaths and serological diagnoses of bloodborne viruses for 2001-2013.