Moving can change the conditions that shape health, so health and social policy must plan for a mobile population.
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Some people ask generative AI health questions that would usually require clinical advice, such as whether to go to hospital for certain symptoms.
Though young, the trauma experienced by children in Syrian detention camps could have lifelong effects. A coordinated approach is needed to support them into new lives here.
Beitbridge and Musina are two border towns in Zimbabwe and South Africa that see many migrants pass through – with different health needs.
South Africa’s healthcare services are overburdened. But this is not because of non-nationals.
Based on how other diseases have moved through refugee camps, there is an urgent need to protect refugees in camps and informal settlements from COVID-19.
Immigrants and other newcomers to Canada are worried about maintaining their relationships and staying afloat, and need government consideration and support.
The demands of social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic will make it increasingly difficult for migrant agricultural workers to meet their basic needs.
World TB Day will be observed March 24, with the good news that deaths from tuberculosis are declining. But a trend toward confining those with TB threatens to stall advances.
In Europe’s refugee squats, dignified existence and political resistance go hand in hand.
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Researcher, Georgetown University
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Brighton
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Researcher, Georgetown University
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Regional Migration Referent, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate Professor of Public Health, Torrens University Australia
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Associate professor, University of Windsor
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Windsor
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Postdoctoral Researcher at the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Sociology, University of Windsor
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Lecturer, Flinders University
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Assistant professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Associate Director, Refugee Law Lab, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor of Biostatistics, University of Sydney
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NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Sydney School of Health, University of Sydney
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Sydney Health Literacy Lab, University of Sydney