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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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Syndromic screening for COVID-19 of travellers crossing land borders: scientific brief, 21 December 2022

2022 Research brief English
Author/s: World Health Organization (WHO)

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, some countries have been performing syndromic screening of travellers who cross land borders. Methods include screening for fever and respiratory or other symptoms, observation and completion of health declaration forms. Communities neighbouring land borders are often very closely connected by economic and social activities and family ties and many travellers cross land borders daily or more. The issue of informal ground crossings and porous borders…

Somali HIV Hot-Spot Mapping: Exploring HIV Vulnerability among Populations at Increased Risk, 2008

2012 Research brief English
Author/s: IOM Somalia

Somalia lacks strategic information for an effective and evidence-based response to the HIV epidemic. Since no epidemiological study has been conducted in Somalia on HIV risk behaviours and populations at risk, little is known about the dynamics of transactional sex, and its implications on HIV vulnerability and infection status of populations at increased risk. This hot-spot mapping is the first study targeting at-risk populations across Somalia, and was conducted from…

Gender and Multiple and Concurrent Partnerships in Zambia: Focus on mobility

2011 Research brief English
Author/s: Kathleen MacQueen, Katy Barwise

Between May 2009 and January 2010, a multi‐partner team undertook a mixed methods study to explore the social, economic and cultural factors related to engagement in multiple concurrent sexual partnerships. Additionally, the team sought to describe the level of mobility of the study populations and the relationship between mobility and sexual concurrency.