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Recommendations on access to health services for migrants in an irregular situation: an expert consensus

This document has been produced within the framework of the IOM’s EQUI-HEALTH project (Fostering health provision for migrants, the Roma, and other vulnerable groups), in collaboration with COST Action IS1103 ADAPT (Adapting European health systems to diversity). The recommendations reflect a consensus that was developed in the course of a series of joint international meetings in 2012-2016 attended by experts on migration, health policy,…

Italy Health Situation at EU's Southern Borders – Assessment Report

This document has been developed within the framework of the EQUI-HEALTH project  ("Fostering health provision for migrants, the Roma, and other vulnerable groups”) EC/DG SANTE co-funded Southern EU Border component (MH SEUB) to present the findings of the IOM desk review and field work held in Sicily - Italy from 4th to 18th September 2013. The Eui-Health desk review and field work assessment aim to  address: 1) migrants ' health; 2) occupational health; and 3) public…

Health Workforce Mobility in the South-East European Health Network Region (SEEHN)

Policy Development Report: AIDS&Mobility Europe 2008-2011

Marking World AIDS Day (December 1st 2010), the AIDS&Mobility (A&M) Europe 2008–2011 project held the seminar “With Migrants for Migrants: Improving HIV Prevention for All” on 30th November 2010. The International  Organization for Migration (IOM) organized this event at the European Parliament in Brussels to mobilize European stakeholders, practitioners and policy makers at EU and national levels for HIV, mobility and migrant empowering strategies. The results of…

Future Development Report: AIDS & Mobility Europe 2008-2011 (Volume 5)

The AIDS&Mobility Future Development Report has been developed to complement and operationalize the Recommendations on policy and practice on HIV/AIDS prevention in Europe emerging from the Conference “With Migrants for Migrants: HIV Prevention for All” (30th November 2010, European Parliament), the major policy event of the EC cofunded AIDS&Mobility (A&M) 2008–2011 Europe project, organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Improving HIV data comparability in migrant populations and ethnic minorities in EU/EEA/EFTA countries: Findings from a literature review and expert panel

This report presents the findings and recommendations of a review of HIV-related data on migrant and ethnic minority populations in European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries.

The review was intended to:

• Provide an overview of the current situation with respect to data on HIV in migrant and ethnic minority populations;
• Identify…

Social exclusion and structural health inequalities. In: Moving Forward Equity in Health

Chapter VI. In: Moving Forward Equity in Health: Monitoring Social Determinants of Health and the Reduction of Health Inequalities

The SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND STRUCTURAL HEALTH INEQUALITIES chapter focuses on monitoring social exclusion and structural health inequality (HI) in the European Union. It proposes an integrated battery of indicators to measure the impact of social exclusion on health inequalities as well as its interaction…

Increasing public health safety alongside the New Eastern European Border: An overview of findings from the situational analysis

This document is based on the Situation Analysis Report (SAR) undertaken within the framework of the project “Increasing Public Health Safety alongside the New Eastern European Border Line” (PHBLM) and co-authored by Mariya Samuilova, Jennifer Hollings and Roumyana Petrova-Benedict from the Migration Health Unit, IOM Brussels. The present summary report was authored by Mariya Samuilova.The SAR itself was the culmination of the Project’s situation analysis phase drafted…

Migration Health: Better Health for All in Europe (Final report)