Clinical Management of Rape and Intimate Partner Violence Survivors: Developing protocols for use in humanitarian settings

This guide offers clear steps and suggestions to help in providing quality care to survivors of sexual violence and intimate partner violence and guide the development of a protocol for care. Presented in this guide are simple but important ways that every healthcare provider, including those who are not specialists, can follow to assist a woman who has experienced violence to meet a range of critical needs, including immediate and ongoing emotional/psychological health needs, physical health needs, and safety needs.

Interim Guidance on Scaling-up COVID-19 Outbreak in Readiness and Response Operations in Camps and Camp-like Settings (jointly developed by IFRC, IOM, UNHCR and WHO)

This interim guidance addresses specific needs and considerations required in humanitarian situations, including camps and camp-like settings and the surrounding host communities, in scaling-up readiness and response operations for the COVID-19 outbreak through effective multi-sectoral partnership. This is intended for field coordinators, camp managers, and public health personnel, as well as national and local governments and the wider humanitarian community working in humanitarian situations.

Migration Health Research Bulletin, Issue No. 7

Two books are featured: the report on the 2017 Global Consultation on Migrant Health held in Colombo, Sri Lanka - looking closely at the Research Agenda discussion; as well as the new publication focusing on the migrant's right to health in Central Asia. Two articles are also presented; the first from IOM Europe which looks into the migration crisis in the region and its political repercussions on migration policies around the globe; and the second from IOM MENA on the challenges of migrations in the Middle East.

Universal Health Coverage - "Leave No Migrant Behind" (Spanish)

Migration is a social determinant of health. Throughout the migration process, migrants are exposed to a unique set of sociocultural, economic, and environmental factors that may increase their risk of exposure to negative health outcomes, including communicable and non-communicable diseases. Migrants and mobile populations can face many obstacles in accessing essential health care services due to several factors including irregular immigration status, language barriers, discrimination, a lack of migrant-inclusive health policies, and lack of affordable health services.

Health for all migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean has faced inconsistent human rights and health protection for migrants in the past, just as much as other regions. For example, in Chile, about 70% of immigrants come from other Latin America and the Caribbean countries (representing 2·7% of the total population of Chile), and a third of them are estimated to be undocumented or socioeconomically vulnerable. These migrants tend to work in informal jobs and to live in poor quality, overcrowded buildings.

IOM Resettlement: The UN Migration Agency

The International Organization for Migration (IOM, the UN Migration Agency) plays a key role in global resettlement. Providing essential support to States in resettling refugees and other humanitarian entrants is a fundamental purpose and among its largest ongoing activities. Along the resettlement continuum – from identification to integration – IOM works in four main areas: case management, health assessment and related assistance, movement management and operations, and addressing integration pre-departure and post-arrival.

Universal Health Coverage - "Leave No Migrant Behind"

Migration is a social determinant of health. Throughout the migration process, migrants are exposed to a unique set of sociocultural, economic and environmental factors that may increase their risk of exposure to negative health outcomes, including communicable and non-communicable diseases. Migrants and mobile populations can face many obstacles in accessing essential health care services due to several factors including irregular immigration status, language barriers, discrimination, a lack of migrant-inclusive health policies and lack of affordable health services.

Partnership on Health and Mobility in Eastern and Southern Africa (PHAMESA) e-Newsletter | August 2016

“I left my home in a hurry, and I forgot to carry my month’s supply of medicine. I stayed in the waters for 10 days without medication, leaving me susceptible to opportunistic infections. My colleagues dropped me off at Remba Island as I was too ill to continue with the journey. I was taken to a nearby clinic, but it was difficult getting treatment as I did not have the required medical records with me and I am from another country. When the situation became difficult, I was introduced to paralegals working within the community.