With an unprecedented number of displaced persons worldwide, strategies for improving the health of migrating populations are critical. United States–bound refugees undergo a required overseas medical examination to identify inadmissible conditions (e.g., tuberculosis) 2–6 months before resettlement, but it is limited in scope and may miss important, preventable infectious, chronic, or nutritional causes of morbidity. We sought to evaluate the feasibility and health impact of diagnosis and management of such conditions before travel.
This project has been concerned with the resettlement of Burmese refugees from Maneeloy and other refugee camps in Thailand to the US.
The project will support the Ministries of Health in Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand to establish national level multi-sectoral migrant health coordination mechanisms, conduct national situational analysis and technical thematic research on migrant health, to support the development of national action plans to respond to new global level guidance on principles and priorities for addressing migrant health.
The overall objective of the proposed project is to contribute to the improvement of living conditions and health outcomes (including mental health and psychosocial wellbeing) of detainees, particularly migrant children between the ages of 3 to 17 and women. The project will also seek to expand support services made to available to long-stay children and families released from the IDC on bail, noting their continued socio-economic and health-related vulnerabilities.
The project will specifically aim at maintaining the physical and mental well-being of the migrants by enhancing the provision of continuous health assistance and psychosocial support, as well as supplemental nutrition, non-food items (NFIs) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) support, in coordination with the relevant government counterparts.
This book explores new concepts and identifies critical themes in migration studies in ASEAN, with a focus on selected emerging trends, namely: various forms and degrees of environmental change and how these changes transform migration; labour, human trafficking and migration; migrant children; and gender. It presents selected papers from two conferences at Chulalongkorn University hosted by the Asian Research Center for Migration (ARCM) and its partners, held to mark International Migrants Day on 18 December in 2011 and 2012.
In order to provide an evidence-base and guidance for malaria programme managers at national level, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Health Organization (WHO) and key stakeholders in the 5 countries, collaborated on this document to provide recommendations on the technical implementation and policy implications of addressing malaria for MMPs.
