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Interconnected experiences of violence: Exploring the nexus of sexual violence, migration, and asylum plans for people on the move (PoM) in Latin America

Gómez-López D, Salem-Bango L, Tamariz M, Hussain N, Taylor M,  et al.
2025-09-02 • Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (JHEC)
2025-09-02 • Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (JHEC)

INTRODUCTION

This study investigates the interconnected vulnerabilities of People on the Move (PoM) in Latin America who have experienced sexual violence (SV) a...

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Research

Case series on telefono-type injuries in Mediterranean migrants

Cassone M, Lessard N, Perez Amez B
2025-05-16 • Torture: quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture
2025-05-16 • Torture: quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture

This case series discusses three instances of telefono-type physical violence collected during a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mission rescuing migrants crossing the Mediterranean fr...

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Short Report

A new birth in Italy: founding of the Support Network for Survivors of Torture

Bertotto M, Perocco F, Santone G
2025-05-16 • Torture: quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture
2025-05-16 • Torture: quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture
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Commentary

Search and rescue in the desert: taking a proactive approach in Niger

Verma M
2025-05-01 • Forced Migration Review
2025-05-01 • Forced Migration Review
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Short Report

Providing emergency medical care at the Belarus-Poland border

Zadykowicz R, Kuc J, Ladomirska J, Zamatto F, Lim SY
2025-05-01 • Forced Migration Review
2025-05-01 • Forced Migration Review
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Commentary

Leishmaniasis in Syria – A call for action of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) study groups for infections in travellers and migrants (ESGITM) and for clinical parasitology (ESGCP)

Abbara A, González-Sanz M, AlKharrat A, Khalife M, Elferruh Y,  et al.
2025-04-02 • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
2025-04-02 • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
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Research

Experiences and perceptions of migrant populations in South Africa on COVID-19 immunization: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Mukumbang FC, Ndlovu S, Adebiyi BO
2024-11-12 • BMC Public Health
2024-11-12 • BMC Public Health

INTRODUCTION

Migrant populations (asylum seekers, permit holders, refugees, and undocumented migrants) living in South Africa face various individual, social, a...

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Video

Stressometer: A psychoeducational tool to identify symptoms of stress in the care of people on the move

Aranda S, Miranda S
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
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Abstract

Estresómetro: Herramienta psicoeducativa para sensibilizar sobre síntomas de estrés a la población en movimiento

Aranda S, Miranda S
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024

INTRODUCCIÓN

En Ciudad de México existe un flujo migratorio creciente y diverso, con una presencia en aumento de Personas en Movimiento (PeM) extracontinentales...

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Poster

A nurse-led home-care programme for people with restricted mobility and their caregivers living in refugee camps: a descriptive study

Tarantini F, Soukarieh D, Sunallah M, Moussally K, El-Hawari N,  et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
Technical Report
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Policy Brief

Death, despair and destitution: the human costs of the EU’s migration policies

Benvenuti B, Marshall-Denton C, McCann S, MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières)
2024-02-21
2024-02-21
This report considers the health and humanitarian consequences of violent policies and practices on people moving along EU migration routes. It details findings from MSF medical humanita...
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Letter

Analysis of migration patterns, social characteristics, and access to health services for people on the move in Mexico

Johnson DC, Tamariz M, Saleh M, Sorrenti S, Nascimento T
2024-01-26 • Salud pública de México
2024-01-26 • Salud pública de México
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Research

A randomized controlled trial testing the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a mental health Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment among refugees in Malaysia

Shaw SA, Lee CT, Ahmadi M, Karim Shor Muluk H, Mohamed Jibril Z,  et al.
2023-12-01 • International Journal of Social Psychiatry
2023-12-01 • International Journal of Social Psychiatry
BACKGROUND
Among refugees residing in countries of first asylum, such as Malaysia, high rates of psychological distress call for creative intervention responses.

AIMS
T...
Technical Report
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Evidence Brief

Missing (from) the UHC targets: leaving behind the most vulnerable

Philips M, Bhardwaj V
2023-09-14
2023-09-14
Through providing free medical care to people in conflict settings, natural disasters, pandemics, and among people excluded from the health system, MSF teams see first-hand the challenge...
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Short Report

Diphtheria in Europe

Mangion JP, Mancini S, Bachy C, de Weggheleire A, Zamatto F
2023-06-21 • Public Health Action
2023-06-21 • Public Health Action
A rising number of diphtheria cases were recorded in Europe in 2022, including in Belgium, within the newly arriving young migrant population. In October 2022, Médecins Sans Frontières (...
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Commentary

The UK’s illegal migration bill will have grave consequences for health and human welfare

McCann S
2023-03-17 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
2023-03-17 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
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Research

Estimating COVID-19 vaccine uptake and its drivers among migrants, homeless and precariously housed people in France

Roederer T, Mollo B, Vincent C, Leduc G, Sayyad-Hilario J,  et al.
2023-02-20 • Communications Medicine
2023-02-20 • Communications Medicine
BACKGROUND
Migrants, people experiencing homelessness (PEH), or precariously housed (PH) are at high risk for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19. However, w...
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Research

Human mobility and health: Exploring the health conditions of Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Colombia

Cubides JC, Peiter PC, Garone DB, Antierens A
2021-10-26 • Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
2021-10-26 • Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) conducted a study to identify health needs and access barriers of Venezuelan migrants and refugees at La Guajira and Norte de Santander Colombian border st...
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Research

Migrant children in transit: health profile and social needs of unaccompanied and accompanied children visiting the MSF clinic in Belgrade, Serbia

Topalovic T, Episkopou M, Schillberg EBL, Brcanski J, Jocic M
2021-04-29 • Conflict and Health
2021-04-29 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Thousands of children migrate to Europe each year in search of safety and the promise of a better life. Many of them transited through Serbia in 2018. Children journey alo...
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Research

Health of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in detention in Tripoli, Libya, 2018-2019: Retrospective analysis of routine medical programme data

Kuehne A, Van Boetzelaer E, Alfani P, Fotso A, Elhammali H,  et al.
2021-06-04 • PLOS One
2021-06-04 • PLOS One
Libya is a major transit and destination country for international migration. UN agencies estimates 571,464 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya in 2021; among these, 3,934 peo...