World Migration Report – Migration & Health: current issues, governance and current knowledge gaps

December 13, 2019Leave a comment

Vearey, J., Hui, C. and Wickramage, K. (2019) Chapter 7: Migration and Health: current issues, governance, and current knowledge gaps in: McAuliff M. and Khadria, B. (eds) World Migration Report. International Organization for Migration: Geneva [OPEN ACCESS] There is a dynamic and complex relationship between migration and health. Migration can lead to greater exposure to health risks, … Continue reading World Migration Report – Migration & Health: current issues, governance and current knowledge gaps

Migration in Africa: Channel Africa (SABC)

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019Leave a comment

Migration in Africa CHANNEL AFRICA | AFRICAN DIALOGUE https://embed.iono.fm/epi/790510 Only twenty-percent of migrants actually leave the African continent, according to the African Union. More people move from the Horn of Africa to southern Africa than those crossing the Sahara to north Africa to reach Europe. There is even more movement within West Africa, a region that historically … Continue reading Migration in Africa: Channel Africa (SABC)

Southern Africa needs better health care for women and girls on the move

September 17, 2019December 13, 2019

Rebecca Walker and I report on recent research undertaken in partnership with Sonke Gender Justice exploring gender, health and migration in Southern Africa.

Just Research? (Un)Seeing Politics in a Complex World

September 17, 2019December 13, 2019Leave a comment

Some reflections on Sophie Harman’s excellent new book – Seeing Politics.

The Disorder Of Things

The third post in our symposium on Sophie Harman’s Seeing Politics, from Jo Vearey. Jo is an Associate Professor and Director of the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand, where she is involved in designing and coordinating research programmes, teaching, and supervising graduate students. Jo is involved in multiple international partnership, is Vice-Chair of the global Migration, Health, and Development Research Initiative (MHADRI), and is an Honorary Researcher at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh. Jo is a South African National Research Foundation rated researcher and, supported by a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, established the Migration and Health Project Southern Africa (maHp). With a commitment to social justice, Jo’s research explores ways to generate and communicate knowledge to improve responses to migration, health and wellbeing in the southern African region. Fundamental to her research practice is Jo’s participation…

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Disrupting mainstream narratives

April 28, 2019Leave a comment

Engendering research & reframing policy & public debate on migration and health in South/South East Asia - Kathmandu, Nepal, in April 2019.

Opportunities for panel physicians to change the narrative on migration and health

April 10, 2019Leave a comment

I gave a talk at the Intergovernmental Panel Physicians Training Summit held in Accra in April 2019. I used the opportunity to engage with panel physicians, and suggest ways in which they can - and, I would argue should - help change the global narrative around migration and health.

[podcast] Xenophobic attacks a sign of an intolerant nation?

April 2, 2019December 13, 2019Leave a comment

Podcast of radio interview exploring xenophobic violence in South Africa and recent attacks against Malawian nationals in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

Non-nationals have the legal right to access public healthcare in South Africa

March 4, 2019Leave a comment

The era of Universal Test and Treat requires immediate access to testing and treating for all. Treatment as Prevention - including PreP - programmes require easy and continued access for all.

“SRHR-HIV Knows No Borders”

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018

"SRHR-HIV Knows No Borders: Improving SRHR-HIV Outcomes for Migrants, Adolescents and Young People and Sex Workers in Migration-Affected Communities in Southern Africa 2016 - 2020"

Global migration and health governance: opportunities and dangers

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018Leave a comment

The slides from my keynote lecture at the CESSMIR Conference on Needs and Care Practices for Refugees and Migrants can be found here. Some snapshots below. Basically, I argue that we need to be careful with our language/discourses and we need to think about: Why we care about migration & health: what are we advocating … Continue reading Global migration and health governance: opportunities and dangers

Damaging discourses: why meanings matter in migration & health research, advocacy, and action

September 18, 2018Leave a comment

Here's an input I made at the CESSMIR Conference on Needs and Care Practices for Refugees and Migrants held at the University of Ghent in September 2018. I was concerned about the lack of engagement with non-EU contexts, and the limited discussions associated with our responsibility to challenge dangerous discourses when engaging on issues associated … Continue reading Damaging discourses: why meanings matter in migration & health research, advocacy, and action

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