IOM Publications on Migration Health, including HIV & AIDS, in Southern Africa

Regional Guidelines on HIV and AIDS for the Commercial Agriculture, Construction, and Informal Cross Border Trade Sectors in the SADC Region - Version 1: April 2007
Commercial Agriculture PDF (346KB)
Construction PDF (381KB)
Informal Cross Border Trade PDF (350KB)

The Regional Guidelines on HIV and AIDS for the Commercial Agriculture, Construction, and Informal Cross Border Trade (ICBT) Sectors in the SADC Region were developed with the aim to: 1) Highlight and raise the awareness of stakeholders in the sectors to the factors that increase HIV vulnerability among its workers; 2) Provide stakeholders in the sectors with practical recommendations for action to address HIV vulnerability among their workers; 3) Provide stakeholders in the sector with tools to advocate for HIV and AIDS programmes and policies in the sectors; and 4) Contribute to the development of regional/national policies on HIV and AIDS in the sectors by policy makers making use of the recommendations from the Guidelines in regional/national HIV and AIDS strategic plans and policies. The Guidelines were developed through a participatory process of field visits, interviews with key informants and a consultative regional workshop, with support from the European Union (EU) Regional Funds, channelled through the SADC HIV and AIDS Unit. The Guidelines also contribute to one of the key intervention areas of the SADC HIV and AIDS Business Plan, which states that “policies on HIV and AIDS for migrant/mobile populations and displaced populations should be developed and harmonised”.

HIV and People on the Move: Risk and vulnerabilities of migrants and mobile populations in Southern Africa. PDF (984KB)
Summary report of the structured discussion on AF-AIDS eForum
April–August 2005.
December 2006

This is a summary report of the structured e-mail discussion on the links between population mobility, migration and HIV in Southern Africa, which was organized by the IOM in collaboration with the Health and Development Networks (HDN). The discussion took place on the AF-AIDS eForum, the regional eForum on HIV in Africa, from April to August 2005. The discussion focused on three main topics:

1. How does migration and population mobility lead to increased HIV vulnerability in Southern Africa;
2. How does HIV affect migration and population mobility patterns; and
3. The brain drain of healthcare professionals from Southern Africa.
   

Breaking the Cycle of Vulnerability: Responding to the health needs of trafficked women in East and Southern Africa. (PDF 1.01MB)
IOM, October 2006

This report documents three trafficking trends in the region, and looks at the health risks that trafficked women encounter in each one. In all three trends women are vulnerable to sexual, reproductive and mental health-related problems. At present, organisations that aim to counter human trafficking in East and Southern Africa tend to focus on the prevention of trafficking, legislative change, and general victim assistance and return. This report investigates these issues and why the health of trafficked women should be integrated in the trafficking discourse in order to address the vulnerability of victims of trafficking to sexual, reproductive and mental health related problems.

The Journey
IOM, May 2006.

A Viagem
IOM, February 2007.

Facing HIV and AIDS in the Hoedspruit area: A guide to what we can do to tackle HIV in our community. (Booklet download, PDF 695KB)
IOM and Hlokomela Home Based Care, April 2006.

This booklet is a summary of the Commercial Farm Worker HIV and AIDS Prevention and Care Project, implemented by the Partnership on HIV/AIDS and Mobile Populations in Southern Africa (PHAMSA) programme of IOM, in partnership with the Hlokomela Home Based Care, on 16 commercial farms in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Proceedings of the International Workshop on Responding to HIV and AIDS in the Fishery Sector in Africa. PDF (638KB)
IOM, February 2006

This report is an account of the proceedings of a workshop that was held Lusaka, Zambia, from 21 to 22 February, 2006, on developing Regional Guidelines on HIV and AIDS for the Fishery Sector in Africa.

HIV/AIDS, Population Mobility and Migration in Southern Africa, Defining a Research and Policy Agenda. PDF (243KB)
IOM, July 2005.

Cover and Back page. PDF (57KB)

This report summarizes the main recommendations for research on the linkages between HIV/AIDS, population mobility and migration in Southern Africa as identified by the participants of a workshop that was held on 22-23 November 2004 in Cape Town, South Africa.

HIV/AIDS Vulnerability among Migrant Farm Workers on the South African Mozambican Border. PDF (1954KB)
Maps PDF (1057KB)
Researched for JICA by IOM, February 2004.

The study examines migrant farm workers on commercial farms in the South African border region with Mozambique, specifically looking into how the conditions of migration and the unique circumstances of life and work on farms affect their HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities. The main research tool used was a KAP survery administered to 183 farm workers on 12 commercial farms and a mapping exercise to identify available HIV/AIDS services.

Mobile Populations and HIV/AIDS in the Southern African Region: Desk Review and Bibliography on HIV/AIDS and Mobile Populations. PDF (609KB)
UNAIDS and IOM, May 2003

Cover and Back page. PDF (908KB)

This study outlines HIV/AIDS vulnerability factors, policies and programmes across eight Southern African countries concerning military personnel; transport, mine, construction and agricultural workers; informal traders; domestic workers, and refugees and IDPs. It offers recommendations for action for each group and lays out an agenda for advocacy. The study also includes a bilibiography of some 400 items on mobile populations and HIV/AIDS.
Winner of the "Notable Government Documents 2003" Award, presented by the Library Journal, a publication of the American Library Association.

Mobility and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa: A Field Study in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. PDF (503KB)
Care International and IOM, September 2003.

The purpose of this study was to identify and study the links between mobility and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. The study took place in five provinces in the three Southern African countries, focusing on highly mobile groups including informal traders, sex workers, domestic workers, farm workers, and truckers.

Labour Migration and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. PDF (294KB)
IOM, September 2002

This paper investigates the interrelatedness of labour migration and the HIV/AIDS epidemic from the point of view of the migrant. Migrants are no longer agents that help to spread HIV, but have become individuals at high risk. The paper is the result of a research project which involved an extensive literature review and fieldwork in the form of interviews with migrant mineworkers from Lesotho.

HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Programmes for Mobile Populations in Africa: An Inventory. PDF (696KB)
UNAIDS, UNDP and IOM, June 2002.

This document gives an overview of organisations in Africa dealing with migrant and mobile populations in the context of HIV/AIDS. It describes the methods used for gathering data, then gives a general description of the programmes listed and the major lessons learned by the organisations that responded.