Management of imported disease in immigrants on entering primary care

The number of migrants aged less than 16 years residing in the Community of Madrid is around 140 000 according to the Foreign Population Report of the Community of Madrid carried out in January 2021. Many of them arrive accompanied by their family or are reunited with family, and a minority arrive alone. They are at greater risk of infectious diseases contracted outside the receiving country, of other diseases due to their living conditions in the host country or of infectious/communicable diseases imported from their country of origin. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment of these diseases is important for both the patients and the community. Their management in primary care must be systematic, standardised and in coordination with other levels of care and social welfare resources. Empathic care promoting trust and adherence improves health care outcomes and multicultural integration in the receiving country. We present two cases of imported tropical disease in 2 children who visited the primary care centre for the first time since their arrival in Spain.