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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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Assessment of health related factors affecting reintegration of migrants in Armenia (Armenian)

2014 Technical Report Armenian
Author/s: Elmira Bakhshinyan

The report assesses the relevant laws, policies, services and infrastructures available in Armenia for returning migrants with acute health problems and their degree of implementation. It identifies the gaps in health care system for migrants and returnees with medical problems and suggests specific recommendations to this end. The report dwells on the access of returnees and migrants to the public and private health care systems, the costs involved, analyses on the…

Assessment of health related factors affecting reintegration of migrants in Armenia

2014 Technical Report English
Author/s: Elmira Bakhshinyan

The report assesses the relevant laws, policies, services and infrastructures available in Armenia for returning migrants with acute health problems and their degree of implementation. It identifies the gaps in health care system for migrants and returnees with medical problems and suggests specific recommendations to this end. The report dwells on the access of returnees and migrants to the public and private health care systems, the costs involved, analyses on the…

Promoting better management of migration in Nigeria: Mapping of Nigerian health and education professionals in the United Kingdom

2014 Technical Report English
Author/s: Maxine James, Ade SAwyerr, Rosemary Emodi

Nigerian diaspora members currently living in the United Kingdom are highly skilled and knowledgeable, and thus can contribute to national development. They can make contributions in the form of investment, skills transfer, mentoring and consulting. This mapping exercise was conducted to provide information on the Nigerian diaspora working in the health and education sectors in the United Kingdom as well as to identify those who are willing to invest or contribute their…

Conflict, forced displacement and health in Sri Lanka: a review of the research landscape

2014 Scientific Report (Journal) English
Author/s: Chesmal Siriwardhana, Kolitha Wickramage

Sri Lanka has recently emerged from nearly three decades of protracted conflict, which came to an end five years ago in 2009. A number of researchers have explored the devastating effect the conflict has had on public health, and its impact on Sri Lanka’s health system hailed as a success story in the South Asian region. Remarkably, no attempt has been made to synthesize the findings of such studies in order to build an evidence-informed research platform. This review…

Implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategy and Other National Commitments in the Field of Health - Belgium

2014 Technical Report English
Author/s: IOM MHD RO Brussels, Maria Krislova

This Progress Report Report from a multi-stakeholder perspective on the implementation of the NRIS (National Roma Integration Strategy) and other national commitments in respect to Roma Health was developed under the International Organization for Migration (IOM) assessment conducted within the framework of the Equi-Health project “Fostering health provision for migrants, the Roma, and other vulnerable groups”.

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A rapid assessment of psychosocial needs and resources in South Sudan following the outbreak of the 2013/2014 conflict

2014 Technical Report English
Author/s: Guglielmo Schininà, Haley West

The rapid psychosocial assessment, conducted between the 20th and the 28th of February aimed at identifying a) psychosocial needs and resources in the camps population, in order to determine the gaps to be addressed; b) the existing technical resources on a national level that could be mobilized to respond to the identified needs; and c) the coordination mechanisms available at a national level. The general objective was to inform IOM’s activities in the psychosocial…