The processes of migration and health are inextricably linked in complex ways, with migration impacting on the mental and physical health of individuals and communities. Health itself can be a motivation for moving or a reason for staying, and migration can have implications on the halth of those who move, those who are left bhind and the communities that receive migrants.
This volume brings together some of the increasing number of researchers who are studying health and migration in Asia, a continent which is a major exporter and importer of human resources. The essays use both quantitative and qualitative approaches to investigate interdisciplinary issues of health and health-related behaviours in the field of migration. Migration and Health in Asia covers major themes including the pandemics of HIV/AIDS and SARS, differential access to health and civil society for migrants and the health of the populations who are left behind.
