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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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Promoting better management of migration in Nigeria: Mapping of Nigerian health and education professionals in the United States of America
Author/s: IOM Nigeria
The United States of America is widely known as one of the major destinations for Nigerian migrants. Migration of Nigerians to this country has been increasing over time, and trends show that this is still continuing. The situation has created a huge opportunity to harness and maximize enormous potential resources of this group.
To identify the possibility of tapping into the available skills and resources for the development of Nigeria, the…
Read moreEvaluación de las vulnerabilidades existentes en Centroamérica para Comisión de Delitos Relacionados con la Donación y Trasplante de Órganos con énfasis en la Trata de Personas
Author/s: Ana Rodríguez Allen, María Paz Arenas Verdú
La Travesía laboral de la población Ngäbe y Buglé de Costa Rica a Panamá: características y desafios
Author/s: Abelardo Morales Gamboa, Diego Lobo Montoya, Jacqueline Jiménez Herrera
MRS N°48 - Mobility of Health Professionals to, from and within the European Union
Author/s: Caroline Schultz, Barbara Rijks
This publication is a shortened version of the summary report “Mobility of Health Professionals: Health systems, work conditions, patterns of health workers’ mobility and implication for policy makers”, which was published in March 2012, in Bonn, Germany, by a consortium led by Dr. Caren Weilandt at the Wissenschaftliches Institut der Ärzte Deutschlands (WIAD, Scientific Institute of the Medical Association of German Doctors). The summary report was written by Frits…
Read moreNational profile of migration of health professionals - Canada
Author/s: Margaret Emmott, Mary Pittman
Worldwide mobility of health professionals (MoHProf) is a growing phenomenon, impacting the health systems of receiving, transit, and sending countries. EU Member States are increasingly affected by these developments - which might occur simultaneously within the same country. Therefore, the need to develop European policies to adequately address these issues is urgent. At the same time, reliable and differentiated knowledge and findings as a basis for such policy are…
Read moreNational profile of migration of health professionals - United States
Author/s: Christine Brown Mahoney, Mary Pittman, Amy Nuttbrock
Worldwide mobility of health professionals (MoHProf) is a growing phenomenon, impacting the health systems of receiving, transit, and sending countries. EU Member States are increasingly affected by these developments - which might occur simultaneously within the same country. Therefore, the need to develop European policies to adequately address these issues is urgent. At the same time, reliable and differentiated knowledge and findings as a basis for such policy are…
Read moreAssessment on the Psychosocial Needs of Haitians Affected by the January 2010 Earthquake
Author/s: Amal Ataya, Patrick Duigan, Dorothy Louis, Guglielmo Schinina'
The 12 January earthquake which struck the Haitian coast, followed by several other aftershocks, has greatly damaged various cities in Haiti. At the end of August 2010, the government and humanitarian community estimated that over 2 million people had been affected, 222,570 individuals died, with an estimated 80,000 corpses still missing; 188,383 houses were destroyed or partially damaged, and 1.5 million persons were still displaced in 1,368 settlement sites (OCHA-…
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