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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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A survey of Cambodian health-care providers' HIV knowledge, attitudes and intentions to take a sexual history

2009 Scientific Report (Journal) English
Author/s: Webber G, Edwards N, Graham ID, Amaratunga C, Gaboury I, Keane V, Ros S, McDowell I

Abstract

Cambodia has one of the highest prevalence rates of HIV in Asia and is scaling up HIV testing. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with 358 health care providers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to assess readiness for voluntary testing and counselling for HIV. We measured HIV knowledge and attitudes, and predictors of intentions to take a sexual history using the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Over 90% of health care providers correctly answered knowledge questions about HIV…

Eye on Migration Health, Issue 1, 2009

2009 Periodical/ Newsletter English
Author/s: IOM RO Southern Africa

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

Inside this issue:

Editorial: Introducing PHAMSA and country consultations on HIV and mobility in Southern Africa
HIV prevalence and vulnerability of farm workers
Zambia: IOM migrant support centre in Chirundu
Namibia: HIV programme to…

HIV Integrated Biological and Behavioural Study (IBBS)

2009 Technical Report English
Author/s: IOM Regional Office South Africa

This Integrated Biological and Behavioural Study (IBBS) was undertaken in an effort to better understand the vulnerability of migrant farm workers to HIV infection and AIDS in the commercial farming area of Hoedspruit, within the Mopani Health District of Limpopo Province, South Africa. The study is also intended to provide employers and employees with a more accurate appreciation of the epidemic in their community, and a deeper understanding of the various factors that…

Regional workshop on HIV responses among seafarers and port-based communities in Southern Africa

2009 Event Proceedings English
Author/s: IOM Regional Office South Africa

Regional workshop on 4-6 November 2009 in Durban, South Africa

In response to the vulnerabilities faced by seafarers and port-based communities in the ports of southern Africa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in partnership with Southern African Development Community (SADC), United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), International Labour Organization (ILO) and Trucking Wellness, organised a Regional Workshop on HIV…

Eye on Migration and Health, Issue 2, November 2009

2009 Periodical/ Newsletter English
Author/s: IOM RO Southern Africa

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

IN THIS ISSUE:

IOM project partner wins award at the 2009 investing in the future awards
Traditional methods of promoting HIV education not having desires effect on migrant workers
IOM and USAID officially launch Ripfumelo HIV care and prevention programme

For life, with love: Training tool for HIV prevention and safe migration in road construction settings and affected communities

2009 Manual/ Training guide English
Author/s: ADB, IOM

New transportation infrastructure and the emergence of transport and economic corridors in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have led to better connectivity and regional economic integration, the creation of new jobs, and new and complex patterns of internal and cross-border migration. These developments, however, can also have negative out-comes. One is increased vulnerability to HIV infection, particularly along transport corridors and cross-border areas. Migrants and…

Baseline assessment: Preparing for the Implementation of IOM’s Health Promotion Projects across Southern Africa

2009 Technical Report English
Author/s: Stephanie Bleeker

This report is a consolidation of the findings from baseline assessments carried out by IOM’s PHAMSA Pilot Projects implementing partners in Lesotho and Mozambique (TEBA Development), Namibia (Walvis Bay Multi Purpose Centre), South Africa (Hoedspruit Training Trust), Swaziland (Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation) and Zambia (CHAMP and Global Development Alliance companies). It reviews the HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, behaviours and practices of labour migrants working…

MIDSA Workshop on Promoting Health and Development: Migration Health in Southern Africa

2009 Event Proceedings English
Author/s: IOM Southern Africa

IOM in partnership with the Southern Africa Migration Project (SAMP) and in special collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) organised a Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA) on Promoting Health and Development: Migration Health in Southern Africa from 10 to 12 June 2009 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The MIDSA was hosted by the Government of Tanzania with the main objective being to work towards the implementation of the WHA 61.17 resolution ‘Health of…

An action oriented training manual on gender, migration and HIV

2009 Manual/ Training guide English
Author/s: Sonke Gender Justice Network, IOM South Africa

This manual was primarily developed to build the capacity of individuals and organisations to address specific gender and HIV vulnerabilities within migrant settings. It has been designed so that is can be used both as a train the trainer (ToT ) tool and as “on-the-ground” tool for facilitators to use in diff erent settings. It is intended to be used in workshop settings and also as a resource and facilitation guide for those working on issues of migration, gender, HIV,…

Maternal and child healthcare for immigrant populations

2009 Background/ Discussion paper English
Author/s: Maria do Céu Machado, Ana Fernandes, Beatriz Padilla, Sónia Dias, Inês Gomes, Alexandra Dias, Miguel Oliveira e Silva

Caring for migrants’ health is a matter of human rights and a fundamental way of tackling unacceptable inequalities in health and healthcare provision. In the European Union, recent migration trends and phenomena such as the increasing feminization of migration, alongside with family reunification policies developed by some Member States, raise new concerns about the capacity of social and health policies to deal with newcomers’ groups.

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