Abstract
Overcoming Barriers to HIV Prevention and Healthcare Among Sub-Saharan African Migrants in Spain.
Highlights
Fakoya and colleagues explored factors associated with access to HIV testing and primary care among migrants living in nine European countries—including Spain—in their study recently published in this journal [1]
We would like to comment on some methods and key results of the HIV prevention program carried out with migrants by the National Referral Centre for Tropical Diseases of the Hospital Ramón y Cajal in Madrid
With the aim of overcoming barriers to healthcare and HIV-prevention among migrants, the program was created in 2006 by a team of physicians, translators, intercultural mediators and a psychologist, focusing on sub-Saharan African migrants (SSAM) living in Spain
Summary
Fakoya and colleagues explored factors associated with access to HIV testing and primary care among migrants living in nine European countries—including Spain—in their study recently published in this journal [1]. HIV-prevention; migrants; Africa; access to healthcare; health education We would like to emphasize that linguistic and cultural adaptation of such initiatives is crucial to send effective preventative messages and to overcome barriers to healthcare access and medical follow-up, especially among sub-Saharan African migrants (SSAM).
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