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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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Thematic Study: Cost analysis of health care provision for irregular migrants and EU citizens without insurance
Author/s: Ursula Trummer, Sonja Novak-Zezula, Anna-Theresa Renner, Ina Wilczewska
The thematic study developed and implemented by the Center for Health and Migration Vienna (C-HM) under the overall guidance of IOM Migration Health Division Regional Office in Brussels within the framework of IOM/EC EQUI-HEALTH project “Fostering health provision for migrants, the Roma, and other vulnerable groups”, analysed economic costs related to the exclusion of irregular migrants from access to the mainstream health care system.
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Read moreRecommendations on access to health services for migrants in an irregular situation: an expert consensus
Author/s: David Ingleby, Roumyana Petrova-Benedict
This document has been produced within the framework of the IOM’s EQUI-HEALTH project (Fostering health provision for migrants, the Roma, and other vulnerable groups), in collaboration with COST Action IS1103 ADAPT (Adapting European health systems to diversity). The recommendations reflect a consensus that was developed in the course of a series of joint international meetings in 2012-2016 attended by experts on migration, health policy,…
Read moreHandbook for Health Professionals in the EU/EEA: Health assessment of refugees and migrants in the EU/EEA
Author/s: IOM MHD RO Brussels
This handbook provides a framework for the provision of initial HA services to refugee and migrant beneficiaries. The HAs in the current EU/EEA migration scenario aims at the identification of immediate health and follow‑up needs — which are separate from any legal or administrative considerations around migration.
The Handbook for Health Professionals is available in 9 European languages - …
Read moreMaster toolkit: Guiding document - how to use the AIDS and mobility Europe master toolkit
Author/s: AIDS & Mobility Associated Partners
This guide has been written for the AIDS & Mobility Europe (A&M) Master Toolkit. The A&M project 2008-2011 served as a pilot project to test whether the transcultural mediator model could be successfully implemented in a range of different sites and with diverse key populations. Partners decided at the beginning of the project that documenting the model and its materials would be a main result and output.
This…
Read morePolicy Development Report: AIDS&Mobility Europe 2008-2011
Author/s: María-José Peiro, Roumyana Petrova-Benedict
Marking World AIDS Day (December 1st 2010), the AIDS&Mobility (A&M) Europe 2008–2011 project held the seminar “With Migrants for Migrants: Improving HIV Prevention for All” on 30th November 2010. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) organized this event at the European Parliament in Brussels to mobilize European stakeholders, practitioners and policy makers at EU and national levels for HIV, mobility and migrant empowering strategies. The results of…
Read moreFinal Project Report: AIDS&Mobility Europe 2008-2011 (Volume 1)
Author/s: Ramazan Salman, Matthias Wentzlaff-Eggebert, Matthias Wienold, Martin Müller, Ahmet Kımıl
The final project report documents the achievements of the AIDS&Mobility Europe project 2008–2011. It also highlights the experience and learning the A&M project partners 2008–2011 have accumulated during the pilot implementation of the A&M transcultural mediator model in HIV prevention with migrants, ethnic minorities and mobile populations across six European project sites.
The project AIDS&Mobility Europe was co-funded by the…
Read moreMigration and Health in the European Union
Author/s: Róza Ádány, Andrés Agudelo-Suárez, Charles Agyemang, Fernando Benavides, Neele Bjerre, Marija Bogic, Marie Dauvrin, Walter Devillé, Sónia Dias, Sophie Durieux-Paillard, Andrea Gaddini, Tim Greacen, David Ingleby, Elisabeth Ioannidis, Natasja Jensen, Ulrike Kluge, Alexander Krämer, Allan Krasnik, Anton E Kunst, Jutta Lindert, Rosemarie McCabe, Martin McKee, Anthony M. Messina, Philipa Mladovsky, Marie Nørredam, Paola Pace, Roumyana Petrova-Benedict, Rosa Puigpinós i Riera, Stefan Priebe, Oliver Razum, Bernd Rechel, Anna Reeske, Barbara Rijks, Elena Ronda-Pérez, John Salt, Guglielmo Schininà, Joaquim J.F. Soares, Mindaugas Stankunas, Christa Straßmayr, Karien Stronks, Kristian Wahlbeck, Marta Welbel, Tanja Wörmann
Let's Talk about HIV - in our Language: The AIDS & Mobility Europe Guidebook
Author/s: AIDS & Mobility Europe (A&M) Associated Partners
This guidebook was written to assist people from from many cultural and language backgrounds, especially young people and their families, to better protect themselves. It also aims to take away fear, to enable dialogue and to help in fighting stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV, AIDS or hepatitis. The AIDS & Mobility Europe project brings together people from many languages and cultures. The content of this book reflects experiences from many countries. It was…
Read moreImproving HIV data comparability in migrant populations and ethnic minorities in EU/EEA/EFTA countries: Findings from a literature review and expert panel
Author/s: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Teymur Noori, Mary Haour-Knipe, María-José Peiro, Roumyana Petrova-Benedict
This report presents the findings and recommendations of a review of HIV-related data on migrant and ethnic minority populations in European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries.
The review was intended to:
- Provide an overview of the current situation with respect to data on HIV in migrant and ethnic minority populations;
- Identify…
Better health for all in Europe: Developing a migrant sensitive health workforce
Author/s: María-Teresa Gijón-Sánchez, Sandra Pinzón-Pulido, Riitta-Liisa Kolehmainen-Aitken, Jacqueline Weekers, Daniel López Acuña, Roumyana Petrova-Benedict, María-José Peiro
Migration movements in Europe have increased in both size and diversity and have created the need to enhance the effectiveness of health systems by adapting them to today’s multicultural and multiethnic societies. Such a transformation cannot take place without a public health workforce that supports and delivers accessible, culturally appropriate, equitable and competent care. Governments and health care and training providers in the European Union have a critical role to…
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