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Migration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 19

This issue of the Bulletin features peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, reports, and commentaries focusing on some of IOM’s migration health programmes such as mental health and psychosocial support, vaccination, tuberculosis screening, and public health emergency management.

Two interviews are included in the current episode of the audio podcast: one on the vaccination programme for US-bound refugees globally and the other on migration health governance in Africa.

Migration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 18

The Bulletin features recent publications stemming from IOM’s health-related programming globally – for instance, the migration health assessment programme and the mental health and psychosocial support program (MHPSS). Further, this issue showcases a number of publications and forums pertaining to COVID-19 at the nexus of research, health policy, and public health practice.

The audio podcast episode features an interview with IOM’s Dr. Olga Gorbacheva on the importance of following…

Migration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 16

Featured in the audio podcast section is an interview with one of the authors of a study that examines the effectiveness of pre-entry active tuberculosis and post-entry latent tuberculosis screening among new-entrant migrants to the United Kingdom. This issue profiles several book chapters outlining the health commitments within the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and migration health governance. Research studies on community -based mental health and psychosocial…

Migration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 15

In this issue, featured in the new audio podcast section are interviews with lead authors of two papers: first focused on the health issues associated with migration in the Solomon Islands and second on the challenges of assessing the international migrant stock. This issue also includes studies centered on the health status and safety of international migrant workers, the nutrition profile of Syrian refugee children before resettlement, the health situation of migrants in Europe, and the…

Migration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 14

Articles featured in the landmark UCL-Lancet Commission report on Migration and Health in December 2018 and feature research papers centering on tuberculosis and human mobility are profiled. Also, a study that summarizes the work done to address the legal obstacles that migrants face in accessing health services in the Greater Mekong Subregion countries and its impact on malaria elimination as well as a study looking at whether the risk of suicidal behaviour is increased in left-behind…

Migration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 13

Articles looking at (1) the public health issues around migrant populations and their interactions with the host populations; and (2) the infectious disease testing of refugees going to the United Kingdom are profiled. Other articles included in this issue zeroes in on the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) health strand in 38 European countries; health status of migrants in a post-conflict district in Sri Lanka; psychosocial support given to Syrian refugees in Turkey; migration’s…

Migration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 11

A book on Mozambique’s national HIV response in emergency settings is outlined. Two reports on the Study on Mapping and Size Estimation of Key Populations in Somalia and Somaliland are profiled. An article about the invisibility of some migrant and mobile population groups in pandemic influenza preparedness plans is presented. Conference abstracts presented during the World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race, and Health in May in Edinburgh are also included. 

Migration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 9

Two reports are highlighted: one presenting how investing in better data can help manage migration more effectively, and one looking at improving the access and appropriateness of health services in EU/EEA. In addition, two journal articles are presented: one focusing on evaluating the feasibility and health impact of diagnosis and management of certain medical conditions before travel, and one centering on the health inequities faced by the Roma population in Europe.

Migration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 6

A book launched last July on the analysis of migration and health-related laws, policies and legal frameworks that impact access to health and malaria services in the Greater Mekong Subregion is profiled. Three articles are presented; the first from IOM Thailand on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients from the Thailand-Myanmar border; the second from IOM Russia on pre-entry health assessment among labour migrants in the CIS; and lastly, from IOM Belgium on health-related aspects in the…

Migration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 5

A brief overview of the ‘2nd Global Consultation on Migrant Health’ held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in Feb 2017 is provided, highlighting the research agenda embedded as a dedicated technical ‘stream’ within the Global Consultation. Next issue will provide details on the outcomes of the research stream. A research guidance book launched at the Consultation on advancing evidence-based policy and practice is profiled. Lastly, three journal articles are presented; the first from IOM Thailand on …