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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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Migration Patterns Survey and HIV Vulnerability Assessment Mapping in Selected Districts of Timor-Leste
Author/s: J Earnest, R Finger
Timor-Leste, the world’s newest democracy, has extremely poor health indicators and high levels of endemic poverty. Information about migration patterns, mobility, and HIV prevalence and knowledge in the country are limited. This study attempted to identify migration patterns and HIV vulnerability in 6 districts of Timor-Leste.
A household survey, using a structured questionnaire and multi-stage, random cluster sampling, was administered to 1213…
Read moreHIV, AIDS and Population Mobility - Overview of the IOM Global HIV Programme 2006
Author/s: IOM
This documents describes IOMs approach in addressing HIV/AIDS and it disuccses examples of IOM projects.
Assessing the performance of overseas tuberculosis screening programs: a study among US-bound immigrants in Vietnam
Author/s: Susan Maloney, Katherine Fielding, Kayla Laserson, Warren Jones, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Yen, Dang Quy An, Nguyen Huu Phuoc, Nguyen An Trinh, Duong Thi Cam Nhung, Vo Thi Chi Mai, M. Frank Seawright, Thomas O’Rourke, Truong Xuan Lien, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan, Nancy Binkin, Martin Cetron
Background: Tuberculosis cases in foreign-born persons account for more than 50% of all tuberculosis cases in the United States. The Institute of Medicine has recommended enhancing overseas screening as one measure to support tuberculosis elimination efforts. We assessed the ability of overseas tuberculosis screening (chest radiograph followed by 3 acid-fast bacilli sputum smears for persons with abnormal chest…
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