Euro Surveill. 2016;21(12):pii=30174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.12.30174
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Impact of migration on infectious diseases in Europe | August 2007 | 1-7
The report presents successful case studies from around the world, including the implementation of minimum protection standards for refugee children in Germany, cross border child protection systems in West Africa, and finding alternatives to the detention of migrant children in Zambia. Other countr...ies featured in the report include Afghanistan, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, South Sudan, Vietnam, Uganda and the U.S. Each of the initiatives can be replicated in different contexts and inform child-focused actions and policy change at national, regional and global levels to be agreed in the framework of the Compact.
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The study is based on in-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews with 60 Syrians who arrived in Spain between 2015 and 2017.
This publication by UNAIDS, UNDP and the International Organisation for Migration examines various dimensions related to migration and HIV and AIDS.
Kurzfilme über psychische und körperliche Beschwerden nach Flucht und Migration und zu Selbsthilfe n in 13 Sprachen:
Viele Geflüchtete entwickeln körperliche und psychische Beschwerden, wenn sie „angekommen“ sind. Schlafstörungen, Herzrasen oder Unruhe können Anzeichen der Verarbeitung s...chwieriger Ereignisse sein. Was betroffene Menschen dagegen tun können, zeigt ein Kurzfilm des Max-Planck-Instituts für Psychiatrie (MPI). Der Film "Flucht und Trauma" für Geflüchtete und Helfer klärt über mögliche körperliche und psychische Symptome nach Flucht und Migration auf - zur Entlastung und als Aufforderung, sich Hilfe zu holen. Der zweite Film "Flucht und Trauma - Selbsthilfe" informiert über Möglichkeiten, sich selbst zu helfen.
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Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health 25 - 29 January 2011 | Bangkok, Thailand | Empower health workers for health outcomes | Reviewing progress, renewing commitments to health workers towards MDGs and beyond
Der neue Leitfaden vermittelt einen Überblick, welche Rechte Migranten mit einer Behinderung haben. Dabei geht es um Asylsuchende, Flüchtlinge und andere Drittstaatsangehörige sowie Unionsbürger mit und ohne materiellem Aufenthaltsrecht. Im Fokus stehen insbesondere Leistungen zur medizinischen ...Rehabilitation, zur Teilhabe am Arbeitsleben und am Leben in der Gemeinschaft sowie zur Pflege und Hinweise zum Erhalt eines Schwerbehindertenausweises.
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Demenz ist eine Krankheit, die Persönlichkeit und Verhalten eines Menschen grundlegend verändert. Angehörige von Demenzkranken fühlen sich oft alleine gelassen. Migrantinnen und Migranten kann diese Erkrankung in einem noch stärkeren Ausmass treffen, wenn sie mit dem schweizerischen Gesundheits...system wenig vertraut sind und wenn Fachpersonen ihre Bedürfnisse zu wenig erkennen und darauf eingehen – sie werden dann «doppelt fremd».
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Das Internationale Bildungs- und Begegnungswerk e.V. in Dortmund bietet im Rahmen des neuen Projekts „fokus4 – Fortbildungen kultursensibel“ maßgeschneiderte Fortbildungen zur kultursensiblen, diversitätsorientierten Arbeit.
Zielgruppe sind haupt-und ehrenamtlich Mitarbeitende des Sozial- u...nd Gesundheitswesens, Erziehende bzw. Lehrende aller Bildungskontexte z. B. aus Kitas, Schulen, Berufskollegs, Fachhochschulen und Universitäten sowie erstmals auch Mitarbeitende aus Sicherheits- und Ordnungsbehörden.
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New research exposes how women and children are disproportionally affected by climate migration, which puts them at greater risk of gender-based violence, child labour and exploitation.
Governments must ensure the safety and protection of women and girls in climate emergencies, including the safe... and equal access to basic services, food, and healthcare before, during, and after disasters. Women must also be included in decision making in their communities so they can lead on resilience building and address gendered issues of migration and displacement.
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The Lancet Planetary Health Volume 2, ISSUE 2, e58-e59, February 01, 2018
The emergence and transmission of zoonotic diseases are driven by complex interactions
between health, environmental, and socio-political systems. Human movement is considered
a significant and increasing factor in these processes, yet forced migration remains an
understudied area of zoonotic res...earch–due in part to the complexity of conducting interdisciplinary
research in these settings.
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This document provides an overview of WHO's Refugee and migrant health toolkit, a web-based one-stop comprehensive platform of tools and resources to support the global, regional, and country efforts in implementing health and migration-related activities.
This training guide is designed to enable participants to understand the human rights perspective on migration, and how human rights laws and standards can be operationalized to make migration safer and an empowering experience for all. It provides an introduction to related principles and issues an...d is designed for persons with limited knowledge of human rights or migration.
The training guide contains session plans for the trainer and is supported by sample slide presentations and associated materials, including activities and handouts for participants, which are available electronically as individual components.
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Changes in climate, in conjunction with other drivers of mobility, shape human migration. While there is an increasing focus on the adaptive potential of migration, the health impacts of climate-related migration, including planned relocation and forced displacement, have not been thoroughly examine...d. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that migration is currently, and will increasingly be, influenced by environmental degradation and climate change, and that it needs to be addressed in a focused and coordinated manner
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Since February 24th, 2022, the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, more than 80,000 women were expected to give birth. Therefore, understanding the impact of war on the perinatal health of women is an important requisite to improve perinatal care. This narrative synthesis has two mai...n purposes: on one hand, it aims to summarize the current evidence available based on perinatal health outcomes and care among perinatal women; on the other, it attempts to identify the gaps still present in research in relation to perinatal care.
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