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The study identified that the main impacts of existing vulnerabilities on urban migrants include challenges finding accommodation, along with land in the case of the ger areas, employment, access to urban services, financial disadvantage, information access, and social and familial conflicts.
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HIV behavioural surveillance among at risk target populations is an essential tool in measuring HIV behavioural risk factors and providing information of the effectiveness of programmes and interventions in preventing HIV infection. To better understand the risk of HIV infection among the male clients of female sex workers (MCFSW) population, it was included as one of the five major at-risk populations in the HIV/AIDS Response Indicator Survey (HARiS) implemented since 2013. The survey was repeated in 2017 via commissioning to the Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease, School of Public Health and Primary Care of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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"Leaving no one behind" is a centrefold principle in the Sustainable Development Agenda. Those "left behind" are a vastly heterogeneous group. They face a wide range of barriers to health services that differ across countries, communities and individuals. As such, approaches to health system strengthening to leave no one behind need to account for this heterogeneity and the complexity of barriers. Some migrants, in particular those experiencing poverty and social exclusion, face intersecting and compounding barriers.
This paper emphasizes that leaving no one behind entails full realization of human rights, without discrimination on the basis of sex, age, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, disability or other status.
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A global paradox is emerging in which care workers - who are largely migrant women, often working in informal home settings - make a considerable contribution to public health in many countries but are themselves exposed to health risks, face barriers to accessing care, and enjoy few labour and social protections.
WHO has produced a new report on this population group, collating evidence across sectors. This report breaks new ground in casting a wide net across disciplines – health, labour, employment, social protection, social services, law, immigration, cross-border movement and citizenship – to shed light on a particular population group that both provides care as well as needs it to maintain their own health and well-being. It looks at the lives of these migrant women care workers as well as the situation for their households left behind. It takes a transnational perspective appropriate to our interconnected world.
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This Practical Guide aims at providing basic information for indigenous peoples about the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, its background and links to indigenous peoples rights and aspirations, and the opportunities and challenges it provides. Further, the Guide will give practical guidance on how indigenous peoples can engage in sustainable development processes in order to assert and fulfill their right to self-determined development, and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development for all.
The Guide also gives references and links to other publications and materials relating to sustainable development and indigenous peoples for those who want to further study specific issues.
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At the core of the 2030 Agenda is the goal to ‘leave no one behind’ and to ‘reach the furthest behind first’ to ensure inclusiveness in all its forms. Given the humanitarian and developmental impacts of mines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war, mine action often finds itself at the forefront of efforts to rebuild lives and communities that have become marginalised, and rendered vulnerable by conflict. But, experience suggests that mine action dividends do not always benefit all members of society equally.
The study recommends strategic planning processes, the definition of indicators, sustainable development-oriented priority-setting, monitoring, and data collection and analysis as the areas where mine action can do better to ensure no one is left behind and contribute to more equitable, participatory and inclusive societies.
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There has been great progress in the response to HIV during the past decade. The world is one step closer to eliminating HIV infections among children, more people living with HIV know their status and are accessing HIV treatment and AIDS-related deaths are declining.
However, throughout the world, stigma, discrimination, exclusion and inequality continue to make people vulnerable to HIV and hinder their access to HIV prevention, treatment and care services.
People living with HIV, key populations and other vulnerable groups continue to face stigma, discrimination, criminalization and ill-treatment based on their actual or perceived health status, race, socioeconomic status, age, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity or other grounds. Discrimination and other human rights violations may occur in health-care settings, barring people from accessing health services or enjoying quality health care. Workers in health-care settings can also face discrimination from their co-workers and employers, or work in environments where their rights, roles and responsibilities cannot be fully exercised.
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This book represents a collaboration between the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). IASSW is an association of institutions of social work education, organizations supporting social work education and social work educators around the world. The values and mission statements of the two organizations have synergies that encouraged cooperation between them in the realization of their shared aims.
It is more than a compilation of scientific articles on the response to HIV by social workers. It is also a collection of stories told with candour about restoring hope, dignity and social capital to people and their families in order that theu can withstand the shocks they encounter in life.
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The survey was undertaken primarily to track the trend of HIV prevalence among MLMs and to understand risky sexual behaviors among MLMs of Western and Mid to Far Western Regions of Nepal. Information on the socio-demographic characteristics, work and migration, sexual behavior and condom use with different partners in Nepal and during the stay in India; knowledge perception and attitude on HIV/AIDS and STI; use of drug and injection; exposure to STI, HIV and AIDS awareness programs; and stigma/discrimination against HIV infected person were collected using a structured questionnaire.
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The world’s 370 million indigenous peoples face a plethora of issues caused by displacement, dispossession, loss of livelihood, systematic racism and abuse, and lack of recognition. Further hindering an adequate response to these challenges, there is a pervasive lack of data about indigenous peoples concerning health and other key development indicators. Data that are available show a prevalence of extreme poverty and severe health disparities that include tuberculosis (TB).