• Jinia Afroz, Fatema Tuz Jubyda, Sanzida Sharmin, Masud Rana, Amit Kumar Dey, Tasmia Farzana, and Murshed Hasan Sarkar.
• Department of Microbiology, Primeasia University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Afr Health Sci. 2023 Jun 1; 23 (2): 161168161-168.

BackgroundIn Bangladesh, labour migration is a source of employment and workers' remittances are critical to poverty mitigation. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hepatitis B, C, HIV, tuberculosis, syphilis, kidney and liver diseases along with presence of infections among aspirant migrant workers of Bangladesh.MethodThis study was carried out from September-December 2019. We analysed data collected on screening tests of specific diseases of aspirant workers. For each test, the prevalence was computed with 95% confidence interval. Association between categorical data was determined by the Chi-square test.ResultsA total of 2385 aspirants, 1988 (83.35%) males, aged between 18 and 65 years (29.76±6.578) were studied. Positive results for screening tests of HBsAg were 38 (1.6%,), anti-HCV were 2 (0.08%), TPHA were 25 (1.05%) and VDRL were 5 (0.21%) though no individual was positive for HIV and TB. Elevated level of SGOT (n=99, 4.2%), SGPT (n=322, 13.5%), RBS (n=57, 2.4%), bilirubin (n=46, 1.92%), creatinine (n=7, 0.3%) and ESR (n=19, 0.8%) were found in the workers.ConclusionDiagnosis of diseases of workers is obligatory before going abroad to safeguard the health of the workers and residents of destination country. Consequently, it will contribute to reducing the global burden of infectious diseases.© 2023 Afroz J et al.

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