Publications Search
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.
To browse or search: simply use the filter options on the left-hand side. Alternatively, you can enter keyword/s in the search box. Selecting a specific publication will lead to a ‘download’ link or link to the website where the document is housed. Here is the step-by-step guide for your reference.
Migration initiatives 2014: Health of migrants
Author/s: IOM
Migration Health – Annual Review 2012
Author/s: IOM
This report illustrates IOM’s health activities in 2012. Key achievements in three main programmatic areas are presented: Migration Health Assessments and Travel Health Assistance; Health Promotion and Assistance for Migrants; and Migration Health Assistance for Crisis-Affected Populations. The report also highlights two emerging themes in migration and health, namely, mobilizing diaspora health professionals for health systems strengthening; and health…
Eye on Migration and Health, Jan-Jun 2013
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.
Featured articles:
- IOM address the health of migrants in the Southern Africa mining sector
- Regional:IOM supports accelerated response to…
Migration internationale, santé et droits de l’homme
Author/s: Pia Oberoi, Juana Sotomayor, Paola Pace, Barbara Rijks, Jacqueline Weekers, Yehenew Tsegaye Walilegne
Dans cette publication, l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), le Haut-Commissariat aux droits de l'homme (HCDH) et l'Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM) examinent les multiples facettes de la santé et des défis des droits de l'homme engendrés lors des migrations et fait un rapport sur les ultimes progrès dans ce domaine. L'objectif de cette publication est de fournir à toutes les parties prenantes une référence dans les domaines clefs de la santé…
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Migración Internacional, Salud y Derechos Humanos
Author/s: IOM, World Health Organization, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
En la presente publicación, y en aras de proporcionar a todos los interlocutores una referencia sobre cuestiones clave de salud y derechos humanos en el contexto de la migración internacional, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (ACNUDH) y la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) analizan los múltiples desafíos a que se enfrentan los migrantes en…
Health work for shared societies. In: Public Policies in Shared Societies
Author/s: Kolitha Wickramage
Shared societies are generally defined as those in which multi-ethnic and multi-cultural communities co-exist. A more dynamic definition articulated by Coexistence International expresses shared societies as those in which ‘diversity is embraced’ and ‘interdependence between different groups is recognized’, where the ‘use of weapons to address conflicts is increasingly obsolete’ (HSSPM, 2011). There are many conceptual dimensions of co-existence, and unpacking…
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Analysis of the domestic legal framework in relation to the right to health for internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka
Author/s: Kolitha Wickramage, Wasantha Senaviranthe
This document examined Sri Lanka’s current legal framework to examine the extent to which the ‘right to health’ is stipulated specifically for those conflict affected internally displaced persons (IDPs) living within IDP camp settings. Understanding the domestic legal frameworks pertaining to the right to health may be useful for those professionals working at the nexus of legal medicine and human rights in Sri Lanka and advancing gaps in knowledge in this area.
International Migration, Health and Human Rights
Author/s: Pia Oberoi, Juana Sotomayor, Paola Pace, Barbara Rijks, Jacqueline Weekers, Yehenew Tsegaye Walilegne
In this publication, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) explore the multifaceted health and human rights challenges that migrants face and report on recent developments in this area. The aim of this publication is to provide all stakeholders with a reference on key health and human rights issues in the context of international migration. It is meant to…
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Health and human mobility in the 21st century: The importance of migrants’ health for sustainable and equitable development
Author/s: William Lacy Swing
Article featured in Global Health Diplomacy - Fall of 2013. The article discussed the challenge to elevate the health of migrants to the post-2015 development framework that is discussed at the highest level by political leaders around the world. IOM believes there are three key arguments why the health of migrants should be addressed in the post-2015 development agenda: 1) migrants have a right to health; 2) including migrants in health systems improves public health…
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Health in the post-2015 development agenda: The importance of migrants’ health for sustainable and equitable development In: Migration Policy Practice (Vol. 2, No. 6)
Author/s: Davide Mosca, Barbara Rijks, Caroline Schultz
The International Organization for Migration, in response to the call made by the World Health Organization for papaers on "Health in the post-2015 development agenda", has submitted a position paper entitled "The importance of migrants' health for sustainable and equitable development" for the thematic consultation on health. The paper calls for specific attention to underlying determinants of health that relate to mobility and migration and explians why migrants' health is a cross-cutting…
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