| Main Projects |  | Emergency Assistance to Mobile and Vulnerable Populations in Zimbabwe: Relief, Reintegration, and Community Health | | Humanitarian Assistance to Returned Migrants and Mobile Populations at the South Africa-Zimbabwe border (Beitbridge) |
|  | IOM Harare is working with its partners to provide health care and treatment for beneficiaries of emergency assistance programmes. IOM's key interventions include a) improving access to clean water and sanitation facilities; b) establishing the management of solid waste disposal using manual collection and land filling; c) establishing a network of community health volunteers; d) establishing mobile outreach services for health care assistance; and e) implementing a disease surveillance database and early warning system. HIV/AIDS interventions are mainstreamed through a collaborative effort between IOM and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The goal of this strategy is to disseminate health information about HIV/AIDS and Gender-Based Violence (GBV), while also facilitating the affected population's access to Voluntary Counseling and Testing centres, GBV treatment, post-exposure prophylaxis, and emergency contraception. | Main Projects | | Community and Environmental Health Programme | | Response to HIV Risks and Gender-Based Violence within Emergencies in Harare |
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| | | A 2004 study by IOM in Beitbridge showed that, on average, 48 Zimbabwean returned migrants died monthly as a result of a lack of support and other health hazards at the border town. To counter this, the Reception and Support Centre for returnees was established, and an information campaign was launched. The Safe Journey campaign aims to inform all mobile populations and potential migrants in Zimbabwe on how to migrate legally and the risks of failing to do so, e.g., they may face exploitation, physical abuse, rape and HIV/AIDS. IOM in close coordination with the National AIDS Council, UNFPA and UNAIDS has also conducted a study on HIV and AIDS policies and interventions targeting female sex workers in Zimbabwe. The study mapped the settings and patterns of female sex work, including a situation and response analysis of HIV and AIDS interventions targeting female sex workers in Zimbabwe. Current research activities are being conducted to gather information about the phenomenon and realties of child trafficking within and from Zimbabwe in order to better tailor and target activities during the second phase, which will include activities targeted toward survivors of child trafficking. | Main Projects | | Safe Journey Information Campaign | | Joint UN Proposal for Fast Track Funding for a Strengthened HIV/AIDS Response in Zimbabwe | | Tackling Child Trafficking in Zimbabwe |
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