Joint EMRO/TDR migration health research 2021

The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (Research Promotion and Development; Health Systems in Emergencies Lab), the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), in collaboration with the WHO Global Programme on Health and Migration, announced a call for applications for migration health research in February 2020. This call supported generation of related evidence on migrant health needs, concerns and situations, especially implementation research of current programmes or activities focused on the needs of migrant populations or other approaches.

After a competitive review process based on scientific merit and the public health impact of the project proposals, the following proposals from Egypt, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan and Syria were selected for funding.

Table 1. Details of funded projects by country, title of project, and principal investigator 

Country

Institution

Title of the project

PI

Egypt

High Institute of Public Health

A primary survey of some communicable and non-communicable infections of public health importance among Syrian migrants in Egypt

Engy El-Ghitany

Sudan

Institute of Endemic Disease- University of Khartoum

Current influx of Ethiopian migrants and refugees in eastern Sudan: rapid health assessment and challenges to access health care

Abdalla Hassan Sharief

Palestine

National Institute for Environment and Development

Crisis and its impact on delivery of essential health services in the southern Governorates

Khaled Abu Ali

Syria

United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

COVID-19 vaccine attitudes among Palestine refugees in Syria

Neil Saad

Islamic Republic of Iran

Teheran University of Medical Sciences

The situation analysis of migrants and refugees who live in Tehran and providing an evidence-based solutions to prepare health care services for them

Abbas Ostad Taghi Zadeh

Lebanon

 AUB/Observatory of Public Policies & Health

Access of Syrian refugees to COVID-19 testing in Lebanon

Sanaa Khardaqii

Islamic Republic of Iran

Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences

Exploring the challenges of Kurdish migrant workers during the covid-19 pandemic

Tahereh Pashaei

Pakistan

Shalamar Medical & Dental College, Lahore

Knowledge, attitude, practice towards COVID-19 infection of Afghan refugees living in city of Lahore, Pakistan

Farkhanda Ghafoor

Morocco

Hassan First University of Settat

Diseases burden among immigrants in Morocco: a cross‑sectional study

Touria Essayagh

Lebanon

St Joseph Univeristy

COVID-19 vaccination preparedness to outreach both local and migrant elderly subjects: the one-thousand population-based survey

Rafic Baddoura

Morocco

UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund

Evaluating the impact of violence against women and girl migrants on the sexual and reproductive health and rights, in Morocco

Luis Mora

Jordan

Jordanian Anti-Tuberculosis Association

Extent of under-notification of tuberculosis cases among migrants in the health system in Jordan during the period from May-October 2021

Nadia Abu Sabrah

Oman

Khoula Hospital, Ministry of Health

Vaccine hesitancy in COVID-19 pandemic among migrants: a nationwide web-based survey in Oman

Ammar Al-Kashmiri

Islamic Republic of Iran

Teheran University of Medical Sciences

Developing a model for sustainable healthcare financing for documented Afghan refugees along the pathway towards UHC in Iran

Amirhossein Takian