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This publications portal is a repository of all IOM migration health publications from 2006 to present where IOM was a primary contributor.
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Expert consensus on a protocol for conducting bibliometric analysis of scientific articles on global migration health (GMH)
Author/s: Sweetmavourneen Pernitez-Agan, Mary Ann Cruz Bautista, Janice Lopez, Margaret Sampson, Anuj Kapilashrami, Melissa Garabiles, Charles Hui, Bontha Babu, Roomi Aziz, Lucy P Jordan, Teddy Rowell U Mondres, May Antonnette Lebanan, Kolitha Wickramage, Manila Consensus Group
Background
Migration and health are key priorities in global health and essential for protecting and promoting the health of migrants. To better understand the existing evidence on migration health, it is critical to map the research publication activity and evidence on the health of migrants and mobile populations. This paper presents a search strategy protocol for a bibliometric analysis of scientific articles on global migration health (GMH), leveraging the expertise of a…
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Priority setting and migration health policies for European countries
Author/s: Bernadette N. Kumar, Anand Bhopal, Karl Blanchet, Kolitha Wickramage, Kristine Husøy Onarheim
Summary
The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda has committed to ‘ensuring that no one is left behind’. Applying the right to health of non-citizens and international migrants is challenging in today's highly polarized political discourse on migration governance and integration. We explore the role of a priority setting approach to help support better, fairer and more transparent policy making in migration health. A priority setting approach must also incorporate…
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Factors of Acceptance of Covid-19 Vaccination in Displaced Persons's Camps in North-Kivu, South-Kivu, Tanganyika and Ituri: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study
Author/s: Jarboui Aymen, Bantu Kalimba, Traore Ibrahima Sory, Clark Bahizire, Florent Mudekuza, Claude Mandro, K. Mosomo T, Okotitsho Wembonyama S.
Introduction. Displaced persons in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo were not spared from Covid-19. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with vaccine acceptance among displaced persons.
Materials and methods. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among displaced persons in camps supported by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, and Tanganyika. The data were analyzed using SPSS…
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The Third Global Consultation on the Health of Refugees and Migrants: Summary of key messages, Rabat, Morocco, 13-15 June 2023
Author/s: WHO
With a goal of establishing enduring leadership and commitment for the health of refugees and migrants, WHO, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and Morocco co-organized the Third Global Consultation on the Health of Refugees and Migrants in Rabat, Morocco, on 13–15 June 2023, and led to the adoption of the Rabat Declaration.
The Third Global Consultation aimed to strengthen high-level political commitment…
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Report on the third global consultation on the health of refugees and migrants, Rabat, Morocco, 13-15 June 2023
Author/s: WHO
With a goal of establishing enduring leadership and commitment for the health of refugees and migrants, WHO, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and Morocco co-organized the Third Global Consultation on the Health of Refugees and Migrants in Rabat, Morocco, on 13–15 June 2023, and led to the adoption of the Rabat Declaration.
The Third Global Consultation aimed to strengthen high-level political commitment…
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Evaluation of a Community-Engagement Outreach Project for Covid-19 Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Testing among Migrants and Refugees in Lebanon
Author/s: Ali Ghaddar, Hassan Ghawji, Farah Jradi, Joseph Zgheib, Srinath Satyanarayana, Nevin Wilson, Sanjay Sarin, Kekeletso Kao, Nadeen Hilal
Background
The evidence on the use of Antigen-Rapid Diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) for SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) in settings with displaced populations (refugees and migrants) is limited. In Lebanon, a project for introducing Ag-RDTs among refugees and migrants was implemented between August and November 2022. We describe the uptake and performance of Ag-RDTs in these settings.
Material and Methods
A descriptive cross-sectional study involving…
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Community, Rights and Gender Barriers Relating to Tuberculosis Prevention and Control among Migrants and Mobile Populations in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Author/s: IOM
Tuberculosis (TB) is a social disease – and migration, as a social determinant of health, may increase TB-related morbidity and mortality among migrants and the communities in which they live. Across the countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), migrants face various barriers to accessing TB detection and treatment services. The Global Fund Strategy 2023–2028 highlights the importance of human rights, gender equality and community engagement, and of addressing the social determinants…
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Evaluation of the National Tuberculosis Program and Tuberculosis Surveillance System, Jordan 2021
Author/s: Yousef Khader, Moad J Al-Rahamneh, Sara Abu Khudair, Hiba Abaza, Ayah Al Shatnawi, Ibrahim Abuhmed, Ahmad Saleh Abu Rumman, Khaled Okkah, Suha Mohammed Alghoul, Ibrahim Falah Maia, Srinath Satyanarayana
Objectives
Evaluate and determine the gaps in the National Tuberculosis Program and Tuberculosis Surveillance System in Jordan.
Methods
A concurrent embedded mixed quantitative/qualitative methods study was conducted to assess the National Tuberculosis Program and Tuberculosis Surveillance System in Jordan. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed based on the Updated CDC Guideline for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance System to collect…
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Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Kakuma Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, 2020–2021
Author/s: Maurice Ope, Raymond Musyoka, John Kiogora, Jesse Wambugu, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Gideon O. Emukule, Peninah Munyua, Bonaventure Juma, Elizabeth Simiyu, Levan Gagnidze, John Burton, Rachel B. Eidex
Abstract
Understanding SARS-CoV-2 infection in populations at increased risk for poor health is critical to reducing disease. We describe the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Kakuma Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya. We performed descriptive analyses of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the camp and surrounding community during March 16, 2020‒December 31, 2021. We identified cases in accordance with national guidelines.We estimated fatality ratios and attack rates over time using…
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Migration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 28
Author/s: IOM
This issue of the Bulletin features publications focusing on migration data, migration health research priorities, and infectious diseases including tuberculosis and COVID-19.
The audio podcast episode centers on the key findings from an IOM study, conducted in collaboration with FIND and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), that evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of three commercially available computer-aided detection systems for detecting tuberculosis…