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Mr Jeremaiah Opiniano
Executive Director / Assistant Professor (Journalism)Institution: Institute for Migration and Development Issues (IMDI)
Current Institution Location: Philippines
Email: ofw_philanthropy@yahoo.com
Migration Health Research Area/Expertise
I have over-15 years of doing research and journalistic writing on international migration and development issues. These endeavors even involve looking at these issues from multi-disciplinal, multi-sectoral lenses. I even look at migrant health in the context of social protection and social protection policy.
Given the COVID-19 pandemic, I had done some journalistic articles and policy papers last year on the impact of the pandemic on migrants, their families, and their earnings. Even if looking at their earnings, naturally yielding more (remittance) incomes impacts a toll on migrants’ health conditions.
I also think that as the world prepares for the new normal, interest in migrant health policy (and even in a nation’s overall health policy) becomes a timely intervention for a country –the Philippines—with a significant number of Filipinos abroad.
Given the COVID-19 pandemic, I had done some journalistic articles and policy papers last year on the impact of the pandemic on migrants, their families, and their earnings. Even if looking at their earnings, naturally yielding more (remittance) incomes impacts a toll on migrants’ health conditions.
I also think that as the world prepares for the new normal, interest in migrant health policy (and even in a nation’s overall health policy) becomes a timely intervention for a country –the Philippines—with a significant number of Filipinos abroad.
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories
International/Cross-Border Migration
International migrant workers (Adults, Elderly)
Seafarers (Adults, Elderly)
General Research Focus/Expertise
Relevant Publications
| Title | Author | Year Published | Link to Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender-Sensitive Remittances and Asset Building in the Philippines | Alvin Ang, Joselito Sescon and Jeremaiah Opiniano | View | |
| Gender, Migration and Development in the Philippines - A Policy Paper | Jean Encinas-Franco, Alvin Ang, Joselito Sescon and Jeremaiah Opiniano | View | |
| International migration as a social protection mechanism in the Philippines: Issues and implications | Jeremaiah Opiniano | ||
| Seafarers, ship sound sirens, seek solutions | Jeremaiah Opiniano | View | |
| Pandemic, lockdowns test global endurance of overseas Filipinos’ spirit | Jeremaiah Opiniano | View | |
| Pandemic brings hard lessons to Philippine migrant health policy | Jeremaiah Opiniano | View |