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This publications portal is a repository of all IOM migration and health publications from 2006 to present where IOM was a primary contributor.
Publications include peer-reviewed scientific papers, technical reports, training guides/manuals, policy briefs/discussion papers, factsheets, newsletters, research reviews, conference and poster presentations. These are categorized by topic, author, country/region covered as well as by year, language and type of publication. The map reflects the countries covered by the publications.
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IOM Border Health Management Continues as Ebola Outbreak Declared Over in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2017,
News/ Article feature English
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Democratic Republic of the Congo - After 42 days without recording a new case of Ebola, Congolese health authorities over the weekend officially declared an end to the latest outbreak of the disease, which killed four people out of eight infected in Congo's remote north-eastern forests.
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Guinea | Ebola Response Situation Report | 31 May 2016
2016,
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Between May 9 and 13, IOM, in partnership with CDC, launched the first simulation exercise to manage EVD cases at the Madina Oula Point of Entry (PoE), at the border with Sierra Leone. Between May 22 and 26, it launched the second simulation exercise at the PoE of Baala, near Liberia. The main objective of these exercises is to prepare the authorities in charge of the points of entry in detecting, notifying and managing any suspected case of potential epidemic disease, especially EVD cases at... Read more IOM
Guinea | Ebola Response Situation Report | 8 May 2016
2016,
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Between April 22 and 29 2016, through its sub-office in N’Zerekore, IOM organized a series of field visits to meet with administrative and military authorities of Koyama, Kpaou, Zénié, Baala, Wolono. That aim of the visit was to inform the authorities about the set-up of health screening points at different border points of entry and introduce the health screening agents to be deployed at these border entry points.
On April 29, IOM distributed hand washing materials to the committee in... Read more IOM
West and Central Africa | IOM Ebola Crisis Response | June 2016
2016,
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Guinea Revives Border Health Screening to Mitigate Risk of Spread of Ebola
2016,
News/ Article feature English
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Guinea - Following the confirmation of a new Ebola case in Sierra Leone on January 12 – and confirmation of another case on January 20th – IOM and its partners are reactivating cross-border health screening at Guinea’s borders with Sierra Leone and reinforcing their surveillance capacity in Forecariah Prefecture, the border area closest to the outbreak.
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IOM Guinea Hands Over Renovated Border Health Posts in Ebola-affected Areas
2016,
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Guinea - IOM this week handed over to local authorities two rehabilitated and re-equipped border health posts in Forecariah prefecture, Guinea.
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Recovering from the ebola crisis: IOM's strategic framework for action 2015-2017
2016,
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The 2014/2015 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, which also affected neighbouring countries, Nigeria, Senegal, and Mali, has been unprecedented in its scale and impact, in terms of human loss, economic drain, and delayed development for countries within the region. The EVD outbreak of 2014/2015 in West Africa was declared a Global Health Emergency on 8 August 2014 and was in fact two crises in one: 1) A crisis of a virulent, epidemic disease with more than... Read more IOM
Infectious Disease Holding Units Installed at Four Border Posts in Ghana
2016,
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Ghana - IOM Ghana in partnership with the Government of Ghana installed four infectious disease holding units at Sampa and Elubo Points of Entry (border with Cote d'Ivoire), as well as the Hamile and Paga Points of Entry (border with Burkina Faso), to enhance the screening and surveillance capacities for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and other communicable diseases at these key border posts.
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IOM Guinea Participates in Public Health Surveillance of Village Hit by Recent Ebola Death
2015,
News/ Article feature English
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Guinea - IOM has taken part in efforts to prevent the potential spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) following the death of a 35-year-old woman who succumbed to the virus at Kindoyah, near Tana village in Guinea.
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IOM Promotes Ebola Preparedness in Ghana
2015,
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Ghana - IOM Ghana has launched a project: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Preparedness, Risk Reduction and Response among Migrants, Mobile Population and Border Communities in Ghana with US$400,000 funding from the Government of Japan.
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