A17033 Cardio-metabolic disease risk factors among South Asian labour migrants to Middle East

Objectives: This study explores the burgeoning cardiovascular (CV) and metabolic disease (MD) risk factor burden among South Asian labor migrants to the Middle East. Methods: This study conducted a qualitative synthesis of literature using PubMed/Medline and grey literature searches. We reviewed the literatures on the burden of risk factors in migrants themselves, and subsequently among the sending and receiving countries. To make it policy relevant, we discussed it with policy documents from South Asian countries. Results: We found a high burden of cardiometabolic risk factors among the migrants, as well as populations in the sending and receiving countries. Only Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have some provisions related to screening of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) before labor migration. Further analysis of…