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Involving a series of unique research and public engagement projects, the Migration and Health Project Southern Africa (maHp) aims to explore (and evaluate) ways to generate and communicate knowledge in order to improve responses to migration, health and well-being in the SADC region. Multiple disciplinary perspectives, mixed method approaches, and the involvement of various stakeholders – including migrants themselves – are central.

  • Call For Applications: 2x post-doctoral fellowships in migration and health in Africa
    Applications are invited for two post-doctoral fellowships at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), at the University...
  • Call For Applications: GEMMS Research Coordinator
    Applications are invited for a Research Coordinator at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), based at the...
  • The ‘covidisation’ of migration and health research
    In this erudite research handbook, ACMS/maHp postdoctoral researcher Dr Thea de Gruchy and colleagues draw together the latest research...
  • VIDEO - ACMS director Jo Vearey being interviewed on the SABC News Unfiltered talk show about migration and Covid-19 in South Africa.
  • VIDEO - ACMS director Jo Vearey being interviewed on the SABC News Unfiltered talk show about migration and Covid-19 in South Africa.
  • VIDEO - ACMS director Jo Vearey being interviewed on the SABC News Unfiltered talk show about migration and Covid-19 in South Africa.
  • VIDEO - ACMS director Jo Vearey being interviewed on the SABC News Unfiltered talk show about migration and Covid-19 in South Africa.
  • VIDEO - ACMS director Jo Vearey being interviewed on the SABC News Unfiltered talk show about migration and Covid-19 in South Africa.
  • COVID-19/ CORONAVIRUS - Stay calm, and find out more about migration/mobility and public health, in relation to this pandemic.
  • COVID-19/ CORONAVIRUS - Stay calm, and find out more about migration/mobility and public health, in relation to this pandemic.
  • COVID-19/ CORONAVIRUS - Stay calm, and find out more about migration/mobility and public health, in relation to this pandemic.

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Call For Applications: 2x post-doctoral fellowships in migration and health in Africa

Applications are invited for two post-doctoral fellowships at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa). These fellowships are part of a newly established Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Migration and Health.

Call For Applications: GEMMS Research Coordinator

Applications are invited for a Research Coordinator at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), based at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University). The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating GEMMS research activities in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

The ‘covidisation’ of migration and health research

In this erudite research handbook, ACMS/maHp postdoctoral researcher Dr Thea de Gruchy and colleagues draw together the latest research on migration, gender and COVID-19, to contribute towards a better understanding of the immediate and longer-term implications of the pandemic on gender dynamics and roles in international migration.

Wits to co-lead international research on migration and health

ACMS/maHp’s Prof. Jo Vearey has been named as one of the co-leads of the Cluster of Excellence in Migration and Health (CEMH), a new research area under a partnership by ARUA and The Guild.

OP-ED: HIV care for migrant women in South Africa – the gaps and 5 steps towards offering better services

maHp/ACMS doctoral researcher Melanie Bisnauth identifies the gaps in HIV care for migrant women in South Africa, and goes on to recommend five steps towards offering better services.

“We Need to Sustain Migrant Health Forums to Infinity and Beyond”

This IOM review by ACMS found that the sustainability of MHFs is feasible if they are government-led, issue-specific and embedded within coordination structures at all levels of policy implementation.

Explore maHp Research Projects

Young People, Migration & Health

This project engages with and explores the heterogeneous experiences of young migrants in order to understand how migration affects their lives, including overall health and well-being, belonging, gender, representation, and livelihoods.

Bua Modiri (2019)

Bua Modiri is Setswana for “speak out worker”. The name was chosen by a group of sex workers during a Sisonke meeting. Participants in this project were asked to focus on messages specific to their occupation.

Shifting Families

This project examines the intersection of migration and family using multi-sited case studies in Johannesburg (South Africa), Fes (Morocco), and Berlin (Germany). The main aim of this project is to interrogate the notions and dynamics of African migrant families in the context of contemporary and multi-directional migration flows in three urban spaces.

Mobility, deprivation and HIV risk

The overarching aim of this project is to conduct a large-scale study to inform the development of local level responses and programmes to address structural drivers of HIV targeting young people living in vulnerable urban environments as a key population in Malawi.

#artsmethods

#artsmethods provides spaces for dialogue between the multiple stakeholders involved in developing, undertaking and sharing visual, arts-based research projects.

Visualising Migration at Sea

This arts-based research project aims to throw light on the world of oceanic mobilities and subaltern populations who get contained in states of suspension or drown in order to find a better life.

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