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The AIDS Epidemic and Migrants in South Asia and South‐East Asia
Author(s) -
Simonet Daniel
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/j.0020-7985.2004.00301.x
Subject(s) - vulnerability (computing) , east asia , development economics , political science , economic growth , public health , geography , china , economics , medicine , computer security , nursing , computer science , law
Migrant vulnerability to AIDS is an important public health care issue. After having listed some characteristics of the epidemic in Asia and their link with migration, the article describes some of the disease's consequences on economic sectors that employ migrants and lists preventive measures (regulatory, sectoral, microeconomic) that have been taken to counter the spread.