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International Migration amid a World in Crisis
, 2020 Executive Summary This article comprehensively examines international migration trends and policies in light of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It begins by reviewing migration developments throughout the past 60 years. It then examines
J. Chamie
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The Lancet Global Health, 2015 Background: Trafficking is a crime of global proportions involving extreme forms of exploitation and abuse. Yet little research has been done of the health risks and morbidity patterns for men, women, and children trafficked for various forms of forced ...
Dr. Ligia Kiss, PhD +12 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2023 Introduction Continued smoking by patients with tuberculosis (TB) and people living with HIV (PLHIV) leads to adverse treatment outcomes. Estimates of tobacco use among the population are scarce in the Eastern Mediterranean region, where the burden of TB
Ayaka Teshima +5 more
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Aid and Internal Migration in Malawi [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 This paper uses geographically disaggregated data to investigate the role of foreign aid as a pull factor for internal migration in Malawi over the period 1998-2008. Employing a standard gravity model of migration, we show a positive relationship between the volume of foreign assistance a district receives and the number of immigrants.
Mauro Lanati +2 more
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, 2015 Immigration is on the rise in recent decades. In this article, we first provide an overview of the recent evolution of global migration flows. We then analyze the main drivers of international migration, and how they have changed over time. Finally, we review the theoretical and empirical findings of the growing literature that analyzes the economic ...
G. Facchini, T. Frattini, A. M. Mayda
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Internal migration related factors among dengue patients in Western Province, Sri Lanka
Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2019 Introduction: In recent years, Sri Lanka has experienced a surge in the incidence of dengue. Among other reasons, internal migration of people into dengue-high risk areas is thought to be an important factor for the rising case load.
Sharika Peiris +3 more
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International Migration: Trends, Determinants, and Policy Effects
Population and Development Review, 2019 What have been the main trends and drivers of international migration over the last century, and to what extent have migration policies been effective in shaping the volume, direction, timing, and selection of immigration and emigration?
H. Haas +6 more
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Information, Intermediaries, and International Migration
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 Job seekers face substantial information frictions, especially in international labor markets where intermediaries match prospective migrants with overseas employers. We conducted a randomized trial in Indonesia to explore how information about intermediary quality shapes migration outcomes.
Bazzi, Samuel +3 more
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Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2019 Setting: The introduction of Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) and renewed interest in chest x-ray (CXR) for tuberculosis testing has provided additional choices to the smear-based diagnostic algorithms used by TB programs previously.
Jacob Creswell +9 more
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BMC Women's Health, 2021 Background Globally, one in three women experienced domestic violence. Alike the scenario observed in India, and a very few studies talk about violence and its consequences on women's health.
Mahadev Bramhankar, R. S. Reshmi
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