Publications on COVID-19 and Migration Health

Repository of Research Publications on COVID-19 and Migration Health

This section features an interactive, open-source, searchable (and downloadable) repository of research publications based on a mapping exercise involving the quantitative assessment of a set of published scientific articles (i.e. bibliometric analysis) on COVID-19 in relation to migrants, migration, and human mobility. 

 

Searching and Navigating the Database

  • Enter keyword/s in the search box on the left-hand sidebar to find publications of relevance to your specific interest.
  • Use the filter options on the left-hand sidebar to search through available publications (i.e., by theme/sub-theme; region/country of coverage; publication type; author/s; year of publication).
  • The map provides an overview of the countries covered in the research publications. Hover over the map to see the number of publications in a specific country or region.

The results of your search can be downloaded as an “XLS” file. Search results will also be listed at the bottom of the page. Selecting the title of a specific publication will lead to a “download” link or a link to the website where the original document is housed.

Year:
Document Type: Review
Language: English
Author/s: Chan C.P., Wong N.S., Leung C.C., Lee S.S.
Migration angle: Travelers
Source Title: Journal of travel medicine
Publisher: NLM (Medline)
Theme > Subtheme: Disease surveillance
Region/Country (by coverage): Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China, Republic of Korea, United States of America, European Economic Area

[No abstract available]

Year:
Document Type: Review
Language: English
Author/s: Beauté J., Spiteri G.
Migration angle: Mobility
Source Title: Eurosurveillance
Publisher: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Theme > Subtheme: Disease surveillance
Region/Country (by coverage): Global

[No abstract available]

Year:
Document Type: Review
Language: English
Author/s: Radanliev P., De Roure D., Walton R., Van Kleek M., Montalvo R.M., Santos O., Maddox L.T., Cannady S.
Migration angle: Mobility
Source Title: EPMA Journal
Publisher: Springer
Theme > Subtheme: Disease surveillance
Region/Country (by coverage): Global

Objectives: Review, compare and critically assess digital technology responses to the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. The specific point of interest in this research is on predictive, preventive and personalized interoperable digital healthcare solutions. This point is supported by failures from the past, where the separate design of digital health solutions has led to lack of interoperability. Hence, this review paper investigates the integration of predictive, preventive and… Read more

Year:
Document Type: Review
Language: English
Author/s: Budd J., Miller B.S., Manning E.M., Lampos V., Zhuang M., Edelstein M., Rees G., Emery V.C., Stevens M.M., Keegan N., Short M.J., Pillay D., Manley E., Cox I.J., Heymann D., Johnson A.M., McKendry R.A.
Migration angle: Mobility
Source Title: Nature Medicine
Publisher: Nature Research
Theme > Subtheme: Disease surveillance, Case identification and management, Contact tracing and management, Health education, Health system
Region/Country (by coverage): Global

Digital technologies are being harnessed to support the public-health response to COVID-19 worldwide, including population surveillance, case identification, contact tracing and evaluation of interventions on the basis of mobility data and communication with the public. These rapid responses leverage billions of mobile phones, large online datasets, connected devices, relatively low-cost computing resources and advances in machine learning and natural language processing. This Review aims to… Read more

Year:
Document Type: Review
Language: English
Author/s: Andrus J.K., Evans-Gilbert T., Santos J.I., Guzman M.G., Rosenthal P.J., Toscano C., Valenzuela M.T., Siqueira M., Etienne C., Breman J.G.
Migration angle: Travelers
Source Title: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Publisher: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Theme > Subtheme: Disease surveillance
Region/Country (by coverage): Brazil, Italy, Dominican Republic, France

The first case of COVID-19 reported in Latin America occurred in São Paolo, Brazil, on February 25, 2020, in a 61-year-old man who had recently returned from the Lombardy region in Italy. The first cases in the Caribbean region were reported on March 1 in St Martin in a couple who returned from France and in the Dominican Republic in a 61-year-old man visiting from Italy.1,2 By mid-March, there was a substantial surge in cases, resulting in nearly every country in Latin America and the… Read more

Year:
Document Type: Review
Language: English
Author/s: Alqutob R., Al Nsour M., Tarawneh M.R., Ajlouni M., Khader Y., Aqel I., Kharabsheh S., Obeidat N.
Migration angle: Mobility
Source Title: JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
Theme > Subtheme: Government measures, Travel-related measures, Disease surveillance, Social distancing measures, Health promotion
Region/Country (by coverage): Jordan

As of April 12, 2020, a total of 389 cases of coronavirus disease were confirmed in Jordan. To control this imminent threat, Jordan has enforced public health infection prevention and control measures, called for social distancing, seized all forms of inbound and outbound movement and international travel, and enacted the Defence Law that transferred the authority to the Minister of Defence to work and formulate orders according to the situation. In an effort to support the government in… Read more

Year:
Document Type: Review
Language: English
Author/s: Oliver N., Lepri B., Sterly H., Lambiotte R., Deletaille S., De Nadai M., Letouzé E., Salah A.A., Benjamins R., Cattuto C., Colizza V., de Cordes N., Fraiberger S.P., Koebe T., Lehmann S., Murillo J., Pentland A., Pham P.N., Pivetta F., Saramäki J., Scarpino S.V., Tizzoni M., Verhulst S., Vinck P.
Migration angle: Mobility
Source Title: Science Advances
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Theme > Subtheme: Disease surveillance, Contact tracing and management, Social distancing measures
Region/Country (by coverage): Global

[No abstract available]

Year:
Document Type: Review
Language: English
Author/s: Shah S.A., Mansor J., Nurumal S.R., Wan Ibadullah W.A.H., Mohammad Z., Rosli N.M., Singh P.J.
Migration angle: Mobility
Source Title: Gazi Medical Journal
Publisher: Gazi Universitesi
Theme > Subtheme: Travel-related measures, Disease surveillance, Community screening, Case identification and management, Contact tracing and management, Personal protective measures, Social distancing measures, Environmental measures
Region/Country (by coverage): Global

Objective: The spread of COVID-19 disease which had been declared as pandemic on 11th March 2020 currently already affected 212 countries around the world. Thus, the prevention and control measures are being established at national level thru the combined action of containment and mitigation. The aim of this study, to summarize on the rapid response and the public health measure among the Asian countries. Method: A systematic search was conducted using PubMed and Web of Science which is… Read more

Year:
Document Type: Review
Language: English
Author/s: Dube G.
Migration angle: Travelers
Source Title: Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Theme > Subtheme: Disease surveillance, Disease distribution
Region/Country (by coverage): Global

Geoinformatics significantly enables the identification and tracking of global pandemic outbreaks such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), from spatial mapping at various sizes to location-based alerts. This article seeks to review online attempts to geographically map COVID-19, using several established techniques such as choropleth rendering, graduated circles, graduated pie charts, buffering, overlay analysis, and animation. The import of these mapping services is primarily to educate… Read more

Year:
Document Type: Note
Language: English
Author/s: Flook M., Grohmann S., Stagg H.R.
Migration angle: Undocumented migrants, Migrants
Source Title: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Publisher: Lancet Publishing Group
Theme > Subtheme: Disease surveillance
Region/Country (by coverage): United Kingdom

[No abstract available]