Research on sexual and reproductive health and rights, infectious diseases of poverty, and health system response linked to the mass migration in the Americas with a focus on research capacity strengthening
HRP Project Brief
Overview
In 2019, a call for research proposals was issued, in collaboration with the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, the Latin American Center of Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health (CLAP) at PAHO and the HRP Alliance hub at the Centro de Pesquisas em Saúde Reprodutiva de Campinas (CEMICAMP) focusing on sexual and reproductive health and rights, infectious diseases of poverty, and/or health systems response linked to the mass migration in the Americas with a focus on research capacity strengthening. The goal of the call was to generate context-specific evidence that can result in improved health among refugees and migrants.
The following eleven projects are completing data collection and analysis:
- Strategies to deal with HIV and syphilis among migrant women: The case of Brazil
- Access to comprehensive abortion care and sexual and reproductive health and rights among migrant women in Colombia
- Sexual and reproductive health needs and practices among migrant population in Santiago de Cali, Colombia
- Perceptions, behaviours, and unmet needs in sexual health of Venezuelan migrant sex workers in Colombia
- Sexual and reproductive health and rights of Venezuela migrant women sex workers in Dominican Republic
- Sexual and reproductive health service utilization among Venezuelan migrant women in Quito, Ecuador: Situational analysis
- Challenges faced by El Salvador in complying with WHO guidelines on migration and health
- Exploratory study of the sexual and reproductive health of migrant women and girls from the Northern Triangle in Guatemala
- Sexual practices, healthcare, and reproductive behaviours of Central American migrants in the Northern Mexican border
- Syphilis and sexually transmitted infections among migrants in Chiapas, Mexico Responsive and accessible sexual and reproductive health services for migrant women in Peru
- Responsive and accessible sexual and reproductive health services for migrant women in Peru