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How does the Virginia Newcomer Health Program (NHP) receive notification of arrival of a refugee or an immigrant into Virginia?

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How does the Virginia Newcomer Health Program (NHP) receive notification of arrival of a refugee or an immigrant into Virginia?

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The US Public Health Service Quarantine Stations submit Notifications of Arrival and medical information for all refugees and any immigrant with a classified health condition entering Virginia. There are 8 such stations in the US. Since 1997, the NHP has entered demographic information from these notifications into a database; these notifications are then distributed to the local health districts. This database allows for tracking of refugee/immigrant arrivals to the various health districts within Virginia. The database also contains basic health information of refugees and immigrants entering Virginia, and an analysis of these data identifies emerging health trends in this population.