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Partnership on Health and Mobility in the Mining Sector of Southern Africa

Author/s: IOM South Africa
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Language: English
Publication Type: Brochure/ Factsheet/ Infosheet(External)

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This is an information Sheet on a project aimed at addressing heath vulnerabilities of migrant mine workers, their families and affected communities in Southern Africa.  The EUR 4.9 million project – Partnership on Health and Mobility in the Mining Sector of Southern Africa – will be funded by the Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of the Netherlands and will run through December 2015.

The project directly responds to the recently signed SADC Declaration on TB in the Mining Sector, which is an expression of the highest political will towards a policy environment that supports improved health outcomes for mineworkers, their families and affected communiies. The three year project is implemented by IOM Regional Migration Health Team in partnership with Voluntary Service Organization (VSO) Regional AIDS Initiative of Southern Africa (RAISA). It will run from January 2013 to December 2015.

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International Organization for Migration, Voluntary Service Organisation