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Category Archives: Type 2 Diabetes

Obesity: An Epidemic Weighing Down Migrant Populations

23/07/2012by International Centre for Migration Health and Development 2 Comments

Not only is the world population rapidly growing in number, but it is also physically growing in size. According to recent estimates, over 500 million people worldwide are characterized as […]

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Health, ICMHD, Migration, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes and Migration: A New Way of Looking at Diabetes Health Care

05/07/2012by International Centre for Migration Health and Development 1 Comment

Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images/The Guardian In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the fact that non-communicable diseases, or NCDs, are no longer just diseases of the wealthy. It […]

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Health, ICMHD, International Centre for Migration Health and Development, Migrants, Migration, Type 2 Diabetes

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The International Centre for Migration, Health and Development is a Swiss-based non-profit institution that was established in 1995. Its mandate is to work on research, training and policy advocacy in all areas related to migration and health.

ICMHD is a WHO Collaborating Centre for health-related issues among people displaced by conflict and disaster and a UNFPA implementing partner on reproductive health issues in situations of crisis.