Annals of Global Health

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• Call for Papers: Health and Migration – Annals of Global Health

  Guest Editor: Prof. Francesco Di Gennaro, University of Bari Italy

  The Annals of Global Health invites submissions for a special issue on Health and Migration. Migration is a central factor in shaping global health outcomes, with significant implications for healthcare systems, policy-making, and population health across the world. As the world becomes more interconnected, understanding the intersection between migration and health has never been more critical. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent report, “World report on the health of refugees and migrants”  highlights the complex interplay between migration and health, underscoring how migration patterns are transforming health needs and challenges globally. Migrants face unique health risks and vulnerabilities, including increased susceptibility to infectious diseases, mental health challenges, and difficulties in accessing appropriate healthcare. Additionally, the report emphasizes the need for strengthened health systems to address the specific needs of migrant populations, calling for comprehensive strategies that ensure equitable healthcare access, improve health outcomes, and promote social integration.

  We encourage original research articles, reviews, and policy analyses that explore the following topics:

  • Health risks and vulnerabilities among migrants, including mental health, infectious diseases, maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases, and the impact of climate change on migrant populations, especially in vulnerable regions.
  • Healthcare access and barriers for migrant populations, including issues related to healthcare systems, insurance coverage, and migration status.
  • Migration and global health policies, exploring national and international strategies to address the health needs of migrant populations, including the integration of climate resilience and sustainable health practices in migration policy.
  • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and migration, examining how migration patterns contribute to the spread of resistant infections and the challenges of addressing AMR within migrant populations.
  • Human rights, equity, and health justice in the context of migration, with a focus on marginalized and underserved populations, particularly women migrants, who face additional health risks and barriers to care.
  • The role of social determinants of health in the well-being of migrants, including socioeconomic factors, education, and access to resources.
  • Innovative healthcare models and interventions addressing the unique needs of migrants, including telemedicine, mobile health units, community health initiatives, and gender-sensitive approaches to healthcare delivery.

  We welcome interdisciplinary perspectives and studies that consider the social, political, economic, and environmental factors that influence health outcomes among migrant populations. This special issue aims to highlight the urgent need for evidence-based approaches to improving migrant health, to inform both policy and practice, and to foster international collaborations in tackling these global health challenges.

  Submission Guidelines:

  • Original Research Articles
  • Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
  • Policy Papers and Perspectives
  • Viewpoint, Editorial, Letters to the Editor
  • Short Communications and Commentaries
  • Expert consensus Documents

  Deadline for submission: 31 Dicember 2025
  For more details on submission guidelines, please visit https://annalsofglobalhealth.org

  We look forward to receiving your contributions and working together to advance the global health agenda in the context of migration.

   

  Prof. Francesco Di Gennaro, Associate Professor Infectious and Tropical Diseases University of Bari, “Aldo Moro”, Italy

• Special Collection: Plastics and Human Health

  Plastics are the signature material of our age. They have contributed to improvements in human health, extensions in longevity, and growth of the global economy and supported some of the most significant advances of modern civilization. It is now clear, though, that plastics’ benefits have come at a cost and that plastics have caused great harms to human health, the environment and the economy. These harms arise at every stage of the plastic life cycle. They extend far beyond such obvious damages as beach litter and contaminated mid-ocean gyres and include occupational cancers in plastic workers, childhood leukemia in ‘fenceline’ communities, endocrine disruption, and damage to the developing brains of newborn infants. They are associated with deep social injustices.

  
  We have created this Special Collection on Plastics and Human Health to direct the attention of health workers, scientists, the press, civil society, and the global public to plastics’ large and largely neglected hazards and to inform the work of government leaders and international negotiators as they strive to fulfill the urgent call of the United Nations Environment Assembly to curb plastic pollution and mitigate its unsustainable impacts by negotiating a Global Plastics Treaty.

  Click here to view the collection!