September 2022

Decorative photo: IDP camp Somalia

Pathways to care: IDPs seeking health support and justice for sexual and gender-based violence through social connections in Garowe and Kismayo, Somalia and South Kivu, DRC

Journal article published in the Journal Migration and Health by DiSoCo team members from the University of Edinburgh, the Université Evangélique en Afrique (DRC) and the Somali Institute for Development and Research (Somalia).

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Decorative image: Hospital monitor in South Africa

Scapegoating migrants in SA undermines progress on healthcare for all

Op-Ed by DiSoCO Co-Investigator Jo Vearey and Research Fellows Rebecca Walker, Dustin Lakika and Tackson Makandwa based at the University of the Witwatersrand, along with Diego Iturralde at Stats SA, co-chair of the South African Migration and Urbanisation Forum and former chair of the UN expert group on international migration statistics.

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Research themes

“Let’s manage the stressor today” exploring the mental health response to forced migrants in Johannesburg, South Africa

Journal Article published in the International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care by DiSoCO Research Fellow Rebecca Walker and Co-Investigator Jo Vearey and based at the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS), The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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