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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.

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 e-News PHAMESA | October 2015

2015 Periodical/ Newsletter English
Author/s: IOM South Africa

At the International Dialogue on Migration: High-level Conference on Migrants and Cities, organized by IOM and held on October 26-27 in Geneva, the Migrants and cities: partnership in health panel session was presented. The conference brought ministers, high-level government officials, mayors, local authorities, the private sector and civil society organizations together to discuss the complex dynamics of human mobility at city and local levels and how risks can be managed…

Health vulnerabilities of mobile and migrant populations in and around the Port of Durban, South Africa

2014 Report English
Author/s: IOM South Africa

This report assesses findings of the Durban study commissioned by the IOM with particular reference to the socio-geographical concept of ‘spaces of vulnerability’ amongst stevedores, truck drivers, seafarers and commercial sex workers. The concept refers to the social and economic conditions of existence and the personal circumstances of individuals, which can affect negatively their welfare and behavioural decisions.

Eye on Migration and Health, Jan-Jun 2013

2013 Periodical/ Newsletter English
Author/s: IOM South Africa

This issue focused on IOMs efforts to support governments in these regions to integrate the health needs of migrants into national and regional plans, policies and strategies, taking into account their human rights, including the right to health.

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

2013 Brochure/ Factsheet/ Infosheet English
Author/s: IOM South Africa

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…

Key Populations, Key Solutions – A Gap Analysis and Recommendations for Key Populations and HIV in SA

2012 Policy brief English
Author/s: IOM South Africa

This policy brief is a summary of the findings and recommendations of the ‘Key Populations, Key Responses’ report. Commissioned by the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) and the South African UN Joint Team on HIV & AIDS, this report provides a comprehensive situational analysis of South African men who have sex with men, transgender people, injecting drug users, sex workers, prisoners and migrants, and HIV in South Africa. It includes an overview of…

Eye on Migration and Health, Issue 7, September 2012

2012 Periodical/ Newsletter English
Author/s: IOM South Africa

A bulletin of news and information on IOM Migration and Health activities in East and Southern Africa.

Inside this Issue:

IOM and USAID/PEPFAR launch expanded Ripfumelo II
IOM at the XIX International AIDS Conference
A Day in the Life of a Migrant Female Sex Worker
Southern African countries Join Forces to Elimnate TB in the Mines…

Eye on Migration and Health, Issue 6, April 2012

2012 Periodical/ Newsletter English
Author/s: IOM South Africa

A bulletin of news, information and analysis on migration and health in East and Southern Africa.

Inside this Issue:

IOM South Afruca opens new health assessment centre
IOM Awarded for contribution to improved health care
The Wives behind Mozambique's migrant mineworkers
IOM Sensitises Vulnerable Population on HIV Prevention

Healthy Migrants in Healthy Communities: IOM Health Promotion Strategy for East and Southern Africa, 2012–2017

2012 Brochure/ Factsheet/ Infosheet English
Author/s: IOM South Africa

IOM Health Promotion Strategy for East and Southern Africa 2012-2017 sets out the organisation’s response in the two regions leading towards healthy migrants in healthy communities. Over the next 5 years, IOM will assist and work with partners and governments to implement the four strategic responses as described in this Strategy. This Strategy offers an opportunity for IOM to strengthen its intervention in order to demonstrate increased impact, to harmonise programmes,…

Emerging Good Practices in Migration and HIV Programming in Southern Africa

2011 Report English
Author/s: IOM South Africa

A report that assesses and documents on-the-ground pilot projects in which IOM, in collaboration with partners in Swaziland, Mozambique, Lesotho, South Africa and Zambia, implemented a multi -faceted HIV response in migration affected communities.

Content:

Executive Summary
Introduction
Methodology
Partnership o HIV and mobility in…

Migration and Health in South Africa: A review of the current situation and recommendations for achieving the World Health Assembly Resolution on the health of migrants

2010 Report English
Author/s: IOM South Africa

A review of the current situation and recommendations for achieving the World Health Assembly Resolution on health of migrants. November 2010.

Content:

Executive summary
Introduction
Migration, development and health in South Africa
Multiple forms of migration: internal and cross-border migration are global realities: Internal migration within South Africa…