TY - JOUR
KW - Climate change
KW - Migration
KW - Refugee
KW - triggers
KW - Risk
KW - leprosy spread
KW - leprosy
AU - Hisyam BN
AU - Susanto T
AB - <jats:p>One of the challenges in controlling leprosy is the displacement of people and refugees, which has the potential to accelerate the spread of the disease to areas that were previously free of it (Hooij &amp; Geluk, 2021). Migration, especially that triggered by conflict, climate instability causing natural disasters, or economic pressures, often triggers mass displacement of people (World Health Organization, 2016). Refugees and migrants often must live in densely populated areas with poor sanitation conditions and very limited access to health services (Feizi et al., 2023). This situation creates an ideal environment for the spread of infectious diseases such as leprosy, where close and repeated interactions between sufferers and healthy individuals can increase the risk of transmission (Mahardita et al., 2019; Susanto, 2020). Overcrowding in refugee camps and limited health facilities make early detection and treatment of leprosy difficult, allowing the disease to spread undetected (Bulstra et al., 2021).</jats:p>
BT - Indonesian Contemporary Nursing Journal (ICON Journal)
DA - 02/2026
DO - 10.20956/icon.v10i2.48535
IS - 2
LA - ENG
M3 - Article 
N2 - <jats:p>One of the challenges in controlling leprosy is the displacement of people and refugees, which has the potential to accelerate the spread of the disease to areas that were previously free of it (Hooij &amp; Geluk, 2021). Migration, especially that triggered by conflict, climate instability causing natural disasters, or economic pressures, often triggers mass displacement of people (World Health Organization, 2016). Refugees and migrants often must live in densely populated areas with poor sanitation conditions and very limited access to health services (Feizi et al., 2023). This situation creates an ideal environment for the spread of infectious diseases such as leprosy, where close and repeated interactions between sufferers and healthy individuals can increase the risk of transmission (Mahardita et al., 2019; Susanto, 2020). Overcrowding in refugee camps and limited health facilities make early detection and treatment of leprosy difficult, allowing the disease to spread undetected (Bulstra et al., 2021).</jats:p>
PB - Hasanuddin University, Faculty of Law
PY - 2026
SP - 267
EP - 271
T2 - Indonesian Contemporary Nursing Journal (ICON Journal)
TI - Climate change, migration, and refugee as triggers risk of leprosy spread
UR - https://scholar.google.nl/scholar_url?url=https://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/icon/article/view/48535/14162&hl=nl&sa=X&d=17640923371834255931&ei=DrCaacqWOoqkieoP5_HH6QM&scisig=AFtJQizeXxuz3CjOt93KEAnxOFA1&oi=scholaralrt&hist=732gnZIAAAAJ:250456702282544
VL - 10
SN - 2686-116X, 2528-2557
ER -