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Predisposing and enabling factors associated with Venezuelan migrant and refugee women's access to sexual and reproductive health care services and contraceptive usage in Peru
(2022-04-13)This is a retrospective cross-sectional study of the first survey administered to the Venezuelan population residing in the Peru in 2018. The survey covered six cities in the country (Metropolitan Lima, Callao, Tumbes, ... -
"If I get sick here, I will never see my children again": The mental health of international migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
(2022-11-29)A qualitative case study was carried out through individual online interviews to 30 international migrants living in Chile during the pandemic and 10 experts of the social and health care sectors. An inductive content ... -
Spatial clustering and temporal trend analysis of international migrants diagnosed with tuberculosis in Brazil
(2021-06-09)Tuberculosis (TB) in migrants is of concern to health authorities worldwide and is even more critical in Brazil, considering the country´s size and long land borders. The aim of the study was to identify critical areas in ... -
Food insecurity in Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad and Tobago using the food insecurity experience scale
(2022-05-29)Economic, political, humanitarian and health crises in Venezuela have resulted in mass out migration -thousands of Venezuelans emigrated to Trinidad and Tobago. However, little is known about their food security status in ... -
Immigration, perceived discrimination and mental health: evidence from Venezuelan population living in Peru
(2021-01-07)The association between international migration and mental health is conditioned to several factors, and discrimination may play a significant role. Currently, Peru is one of the principal Venezuelan migrant-receiving ... -
Latin American Youths’ Migration Journeys and Settlement in the Tarapacá Region in Chile: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Health
(2022-10-20)The sexual and reproductive health of young migrants has not been sufficiently addressed in mobility studies. In this article, we dwell on some aspects of this issue in the migration process of Latin American youth. We ... -
Period poverty: menstrual health hygiene issues among adolescent and young Venezuelan migrant women at the northwestern border of Brazil
(2021-11-27)According to official reports, at the moment of the interviews, there were 1.603 Venezuelans living on the streets in Boa Vista. A total of 167 young women were invited, and 142 further included, mean age was 17.7 years, ... -
A comparative analysis of health status of international migrants and local population in Chile: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis from a social determinants of health perspective
(2022-07-12)International migrants had lower unadjusted prevalence of all health indicators compared to Chileans. That is, unadjusted analysis revealed an apparent HME in all health outcomes. Age, unemployment, and health care system ... -
Mixed Migration Review 2022 - Alternative ideas and solutions for contemporary mixed migration challenges
(2022-12-06)Across the world, we are seeing dangerous trends in mixed migration. These include increasingly high numbers of migrants who go missing or die along mixed migration routes, ongoing commodification of refugees and migrants, ... -
Characterization of an outbreak of malaria in a non-endemic zone on the coastal region of Ecuador
(2021-05-31)Malaria is a vector-borne disease widely distributed in the Amazon region and the coastal area of northern Ecuador. Its epidemiology involves related factors such as human settlements, vector reproduction sites, mobility, ... -
Prevention of vertical transmission of HIV in international migrant women: Current scenario and challenges
(2020-07-15)Preventing vertical transmission of HIV is a challenge for all countries worldwide. The permanent construction of global societies with a variable degree of international migrant population has made it more complex. Health ... -
Association between time of residence and self-perception of distress, interpersonal relationships, and social role in Venezuelan immigrants in Lima, Peru 2018–19: mixed-methods study
(2022-06-01)Immigrants arriving in a new country face changes that affect their social, employment, and migratory status. We carried out a mixed-methods study in the rapidly growing Venezuelan immigrant population in Lima, Peru. The ... -
Health Through a Human Right Lens at the US-Mexico Border: Increasing Access to Healthcare for Central American Immigrants
(2022-07-12)The number of immigrants seeking entry into the U.S. through asylum requests or through irregular means is increasing, and most come from the Northern Triangle of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Immigrants come fleeing ... -
Structural vulnerability: migration and health in social context
(2021-04-07)Based on the authors' work in Latin America and Africa. This article describes and applies the concept of "vulnerability structural vulnerability" to the challenges of clinical and health care for immigrants. and the ... -
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among migrants in shelters in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
(2022-03-11)Migrants, especially those in camps and shelters, may be a vulnerable population during the COVID-19 pandemic, but little is known about the impact of the pandemic on them in low- and middle-income countries. We assessed ... -
A binational analysis of infant mortality among crisis-driven diasporas and those who remain: a population-based study in Colombia and Venezuela
(2022-08-16)The objective of the study was to assess the health cost (or benefit) of crisis-driven migration by focusing on the infant mortality rate (IMR) of the Colombian diaspora in Venezuela and the Venezuelan diaspora in Colombia. ... -
Migrants in Latin America: Disparities in Health Status and in Access to Healthcare
(2020-06-11)The large magnitude and sudden nature of recent migration flows in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) impose challenges to receiving countries’ health systems, which have to provide care to a larger ... -
Forced Migration and the Spread of Infectious Diseases
(2020-11)We examine the role of Venezuelan forced migration on the propagation of 15 infectious dis- eases in Colombia. For this purpose, we use rich municipal-monthly panel data. We exploit the fact that municipalities closer to ... -
t’s Very Hard to Have Rights” | The Impact of COVID-19 on Refugee and Migrant Communities in Tijuana (Report from RI partners Espacio Migrante and Haitian Bridge Alliance)
(2021-12-16)This report presents that militarized migration enforcement measures, changes in documentation policies, and border closures violate Mexican, U.S., and international law and that these deterrence policies made asylum seeker, ... -
Vaccines for all? A rapid scoping review of COVID-19 vaccine access for Venezuelan migrants in Latin America
(2021-11-07)The entangled health and economic crises driven by COVID-19 have exacerbated the challenges faced by Venezuelan migrants. Given the growing number of Venezuelan migrants and vulnerability to COVID-19, this rapid scoping ...