ABSTRACT
The 150 years anniversary of Italy: a memorandum from the South. The tables and figures presented show the differences between North and South of Italy in term of position in the rank of wellbeing indexes, unemployment, poverty (number of poor individuals and families) and per capita consumptions. Health care workers should be aware of these differences in the interpretation of health care data and in the planning of health interventions.
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Economics/statistics & numerical data , Poverty/statistics & numerical data , Unemployment/statistics & numerical data , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , ItalyABSTRACT
UNLABELLED: The migration from Africa to Europe has become one of the most dramatic situations of the violation of fundamental rights of the first decade of the new millennium. METHODS: As the official source of epidemiology do not recognize the data of peoples who die and/or disappear while trying to reach European borders, only "informal" sources can be used to trace the fate of this populations. A Mediterranean Observatory called Fortress Europe (http://fortresseurope. blogspot.com) has emerged over the last several years as a reference documentation centre for this controversial areas. RESULTS: The tables which summarize some of the most striking data on mortality and disappearances are presented and commented as examples of how real life epidemiology cannot be considered a specific or exclusive medical discipline. CONCLUSION: Human rights must increasingly be considered one of the key measures and indicators of the joint priorities of societal and health care systems.
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Transients and Migrants/statistics & numerical data , Africa , Delivery of Health Care , Epidemiology , Europe , Human Rights , Humans , Mortality , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
The data on the international migration worldwide and in Italy are presented and discussed, not only from the specific point of view of health conditions, but also by framing their "health burden" in the broader context of their contribution to the Italian economy.
