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ACMS featured as CoRE in Migration & Health

ACMS featured as CoRE in Migration & Health

by | May 11, 2026 | Front Page, News, Unhealthy Migration

🌍 Leading up to the second Africa – Europe Clusters of Research Excellence (CoRE) conference hosted by the University of Glasgow in June, CoRE is highlighting some key activities of each of the clusters. This week, they are featuring the Cluster of Research Excellence...
OP-ED: When good writing becomes bad ethics — the voyeuristic gaze in sex work reporting

OP-ED: When good writing becomes bad ethics — the voyeuristic gaze in sex work reporting

by | May 11, 2026 | Front Page, Gender Sexuality & Migration, News, Op-Ed, Unhealthy Migration

This op-ed was originally published on 6 May 2026 by the Daily Maverick under the same title, along with the featured images. By Rebecca Walker, Marlise Richter and Constance Mathe When sex workers are reduced to backdrops, it becomes easier to ignore and deny their...
Peculiar bedfellows: When Health and Home Affairs turn care into control

Peculiar bedfellows: When Health and Home Affairs turn care into control

by | Feb 18, 2026 | Front Page, News, Unhealthy Migration

This opinion piece was originally published on Daily Maverick, under the same title, on 16 February 2026. The featured image above was created using ChatGPT. By ACMS Dr. Rebecca Walker and Associate Prof. Jo Vearey A draft policy positions the departments of Health...
Mobilities, Health & Wellbeing team and research

Mobilities, Health & Wellbeing team and research

by NicholasS | Dec 18, 2025 | News, Unhealthy Migration, Video

Today—18 December—we recognise International Migrants Day. In 2000 the United Nations (UN) General Assembly established this day in commemoration of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,...
SRH interventions for mAYP in sub-Saharan Africa

SRH interventions for mAYP in sub-Saharan Africa

by | Dec 8, 2025 | Front Page, Journal Articles, News, Unhealthy Migration

Mlotshwa, L., Plüg, S., Simuyaba, M. et al. Sexual and reproductive health interventions for mobile adolescents and young people in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. BMC Public Health 25, 3903 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25119-4 Mobility among...
Closing the gap in the wrong direction

Closing the gap in the wrong direction

by | Nov 11, 2025 | Front Page, Journal Articles, News, Unhealthy Migration

Walker, R., Vearey, J. “Closing the gap in the wrong direction” migration, health policy, and the exclusion of asylum seekers, refugees and undocumented migrants from healthcare access in South Africa. BMC Public Health 25, 3877 (2025)....
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