Author: Centers for Disease Control
Date Published: 1985
In response to concern about tuberculosis in migrants, a meeting was held in October, 1984, at the National Association of Community Health Centers office, Washington, D.C. Attendees at the meeting included representatives from the Migrant Health Program, the Centers for Disease Control, and state health department and migrant health centers in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, and West Virginia. The groups discussed problems related to the chemotherapy and preventive treatment of migrants in the states. To assist state and local health departments and migrant health workers in the control of tuberculosis. This report include the recommendations created by this group.