Because of increasing mobility of population, it became necessary for the convention to follow its members to the growing urban centres of the North and West.
Within the continent itself there always has been some mobility of population; it was high during prehistoric times and also notable during the period of decline and fall of the Roman Empire in the West, when many tribal groups especially groups of Germans and Slavs settled in specific regions where they grew into distinctive nations.
Mobility of population has been proved to strengthen the transmission dynamics of TB as well as antimicrobial drug-resistant organisms [ 14, 15].
Mass literacy, schools, increased mobility of populations, and, more recently, the ever-growing role of mass communications all contribute to this tendency.
Further than detecting emergencies, Lu et al. studied whether the mobility of populations after a disaster could be predicted, analyzing as case study the mobility of populations before and after the 2010 Haiti earthquake [128].
This interplay fuels an increasing mobility of populations in search of prosperity, a powerful force that stirs our world and hastens contact (though not always in a peaceful manner) between different ethnic and cultural groups.
Beyond all doubt, current levels of economic globalisation have favoured the increased mobility of populations [ 3].
The mobility of populations has been of interest to researchers attempting to uncover the impact of migration patterns on adolescent mental health.
Spatial research into geographically based cancer risk factors can be challenging given the mobility of populations and long latency from environmental exposures and development of disease [ 40].
Ongoing vigilance and rapid response capacities must be ensured, particularly in the epicentres of cholera outbreaks and areas of persistence, which continue to be characterized by lack of water and sanitation infrastructure, insufficient social services and high mobility of populations.
The mobility of populations globally leads to the potential spread of infectious diseases and to the rapid change of disease distribution as demonstrated by outbreaks of dengue, meningococcal disease, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
