At the request of the Government of Canada, IOM carries out migration health assessment and DNA sample collection services for immigration self-payer applicants referred by the local Canadian High Commissions, in accordance with the Canadian government’s instructions for medical and radiological examination of Canadian visa applicants.

At the request of the Government of Australia, IOM carries out migration health assessment and DNA sample collection services for immigration self-payer applicants referred by local Australian High Commissions, in accordance with the Australian government’s instructions for the medical and radiological examination of Australian visa applicants.

At the request of the Government of the United States of America, IOM carries out migration health assessment, vaccination and DNA sample collection services to self-payer visa applicants referred by local US Embassies, in accordance with the US government’s technical instructions.

At the request of governments and entities other than the Governments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States, IOM carries out migration health assessment, DNA sample collection, age assessment, and pre-departure medical assessment services for refugees, returnees, students and immigration self-payer applicants referred by various governments and entities, such as UNHCR.

At the request of the Government of New Zealand, IOM is carrying out migration health assessment and DNA sample collection services for immigration self-payer applicants referred by the local New Zealand High Commissions.

This project proposes to enhance the knowledge base on vulnerabilities to malaria and artemisnin resistance as related to population mobility in Binh Phuoc Province in Viet Nam. There will be a comprehensive assessment of the impact of population mobility and migration in malaria-endemic areas and recommendations for targeted interventions addressing the nexus between mobility and the spread of malaria. The findings will be disseminated to key stakeholders at the central and provincial levels.

The objective of this project is to speed up the adoption of a comprehensive HIV prevention package in workplaces with high concentrations of high-risk individuals. The scope of the project is to develop a training curricula on HIV prevention for peer educators at workplace settings, targeting high-risk individuals including injecting drug users (IDUs) and female sex workers (FSWs). The project will complement existing manual, guidelines, and toolkits related to HIV training for peer educators, including specific needs and priorities that have been identified by Chemonics.

The objective of this project is to reduce women’s vulnerability to issues associated with migration and increased population mobility along the newly opened route, including their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, sexual exploitation and trafficking. This will be achieved by strengthening the socio-economic empowerment of women and increasing awareness amongst women and men on issues related to gender, HIV/AIDs and trafficking in women. Target beneficiaries will be better able to utilize opportunities brought by the new roads while reducing their vulnerabilities to various risks.

The overall goal is to contribute towards national efforts to reduce HIV vulnerability and risk behaviour among migrants, mobile workers and mobility-affected communities in Vietnam and the region. The project purpose is to pilot the safe mobility and HIV package in an infrastructure project setting so that the package implementation can be documented in the ADB toolkit on infrastructure and HIV prevention and used throughout the region in strategic, coordinated approach.

The project intends to mobilise departments within the Ministry of Health to strategise on how mainstream migration into policies and national health programmes, and facilitate information sharing on the physical, social, and mental well-being of migrants. The project will lead to a better understanding of the importance of supporting migrants and greater inclusion of migrants into the national health programme, future project activities, and increased partnerships with other organisations on the issue.