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TB, HIV, and Migration: Understanding Disease Patterns and Prevention Challenges Among African Migrants in South Africa

 Understanding Disease Patterns and Prevention Challenges How migration dynamics, exclusionary policies, and fragile health systems fuel dual epidemics—and what must be done to change course. A Tale of Two Crises: The Migrant’s Health Journey In May 2022, Awa, a 29-year-old undocumented woman from the DRC, sought treatment at a community clinic in Durban after experiencing […]

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The Hidden Epidemic: Mental Health Challenges Among African Migrants in South Africa’s Urban Centers

 Mental Health of African Migrants Addressing trauma, depression, anxiety, and PTSD linked to migration experiences, xenophobia, and social isolation Introduction: A Crisis in Plain Sight In Johannesburg’s Mayfair district, known as “Little Mogadishu,” Hawy sits in a cramped room with three other Somali asylum seekers. Since 2004, he has watched his father and brothers die

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