Dorien Braam
Dr Dorien Braam
DirectorInstitution: University of Cambridge
Current Institution Location: United Kingdom
Email: d.braam@praxis-labs.com
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Migration Health Research Area/Expertise
I study zoonotic disease dynamics in displaced populations. Disease transmission between animals and humans, the increased risk of zoonoses in areas where people and animals with weakened immune systems live closely together, and the emergence of infectious diseases among naive host communities are areas that need to be increasingly researched. Previously I worked with the UN, INGOs, and government across Asia and Eastern Africa focusing on forced migration, disaster displacement, human rights, and shelter. This includes research on community resilience in disaster displacement for the Norwegian Refugee Council, a desk study on ‘Child Labour in Migration’ for IOM/UNICEF, work with UNODC on human trafficking and research reports on human rights and recruitment of labour migrant fishers from Indonesia for ILO. In addition, I conducted assessments and evaluations for Oxfam’s humanitarian refugee response programme in northern Greece and GIZ Jordan.
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories
Internal Migration
Internally displaced persons (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
Migrant Workers (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
International/Cross-Border Migration
Nomads (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
Asylum seekers (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
Human smuggling (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
Human trafficking (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
International migrant workers (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
Refugees (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
Seafarers (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
General Research Focus/Expertise
Relevant Publications
Title | Author | Year Published | Link to Publication |
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Zoonoses in the margins: environmental displacement and health outcomes in the Indus Delta | Braam D | View | |
Applying the One Health approach to mitigate zoonotic disease risk in forced migration | Braam D | View | |
Excluding Livestock Livelihoods in Refugee Responses: A Risk to Public Health | Braam D | View | |
Lockdowns, lives and livelihoods: the impact of COVID-19 and public health responses to conflict affected populations - a remote qualitative study in Baidoa and Mogadishu, Somalia | Braam D, Srinivasan S, Church L, Sheikh Z, Jephcott F, Bukachi S | View | |
Power, participation and their problems: A consideration of power dynamics in the use of participatory epidemiology for One Health and zoonoses research | Ebata A., Hodge C., Braam D., Waldman L., Sharp J., MacGregor H., Moore H. | View | |
Refugees at increased risk of coronavirus due to barriers to healthcare | Braam D., Molnar P. | View | |
Coronavirus lockdowns force the world’s poorest into deadly trade-offs between their health and livelihoods | Braam D. | View |