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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 Health in the Sustainable Development Goals (Spanish)
Author/s: IOM
The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development puts people at the center of all actions, particularly the most marginalized and disempowered, for the realization of societies that are more equitable and inclusive. It also acknowledges that migration carries a development potential, owing to migrants’ intellectual, cultural, human and financial capital, and their active participation in society. Being and staying healthy is a fundamental precondition for migrants to work, be productive, and …
Read moreBuilding alliances for the global governance of migration and health
Author/s: Jo Vearey, Miriam Orcutt, Larry Gostin, Christy Adeola Braham, Patrick Duigan
Key messages
- Universal health coverage will not be attained if migration is not integrated into existing health responses and if health is not integrated into existing migration responses
- The governance of migration and health is an issue of state sovereignty that questions the role of global migration and health governance initiatives
- Building alliances across sectors can support effective migration aware governance responses to migration and health
- A…
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: adoption and implementation (in Health Diplomacy: Spotlight on refugees and migrants)
Author/s: Dominik Zenner, Poonam Dhavan, Kolitha Wickramage, Eliana Barragan, Jacqueline Weekers
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) has been adopted by the majority of UN Member States in 2018. This book chapter outlines the elements that were proposed by IOM, WHO, other UN agencies, and Member States for inclusion in the GCM to ensure that migration health is addressed. The inclusion of these commitments is a significant step forward to promote migrant health, with health-related commitments and actions featured throughout the GCM.
Global compact for safe, orderly regular migration (GCM): From process to substance In: 2nd Global Consultation Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21-23 February 2017
Author/s: Gervais Appave
Presented during the 2nd Global Consultation Colombo held in Sri Lanka on 21-23 February 2017. Discussed the definition of global compact, modelaities/timelines, and how it relate to migrants' health.
Advancing health in migration governance, and migration in health governance
Author/s: Kolitha Wickramage, Giuseppe Annunziata
Migration Health Annual Report 2017
Author/s: IOM
The International Organization’s (IOM) Migration Health Division acts with Member States, UN agencies and other partners in the international community to meet the operational challenges of migration, advance understanding of migration health issues, encourage social and economic development through migration, and work towards ensuring respect of the human dignity and well-being of migrants. This report provides a snapshot of IOM’s health activities in 2017 and presents key achievements…
Read moreMigrant health and tuberculosis
Author/s: Mario Raviglione, Davide Mosca
The TB response needs to be a priority in health and migration, given its profound health and social consequences and the health security threat posed by this top airborne infectious killer.
Setting the scene In: 2nd Global consultation on migrant health 2017
Author/s: Davide Mosca
An overview of tuberculosis and migration
Author/s: Poonam Dhavan, HM Dias, Jacob Creswell, D Weil
This article is the first in the State-of-the-Art series of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease on TB and migration. It provides an overview of migration trends, migration pathways and social determinants, and impact on TB. This article outlines a framework for the prevention and reduction of the TB burden among migrants, adapted from the World Health Organization's End TB Strategy, and in accordance with the Stop TB Partnership's Global…
Read moreMigration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 7
Author/s: IOM
Two books are featured: the report on the 2017 Global Consultation on Migrant Health held in Colombo, Sri Lanka - looking closely at the Research Agenda discussion; as well as the new publication focusing on the migrant's right to health in Central Asia. Two articles are also presented; the first from IOM Europe which looks into the migration crisis in the region and its political repercussions on migration policies around the globe; and the second from IOM MENA on the challenges of…
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