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Agincourt study area, South Africa. Agincourt

September 21, 2026

Young South Africans move for work and opportunity. What happens to their health when they do?

Carren Ginsburg, University of the Witwatersrand; Chantel Pheiffer, UMass Boston; Mark A. Collinson, University of the Witwatersrand, and Michael White, Brown University

Moving can change the conditions that shape health, so health and social policy must plan for a mobile population.

Many South Africans migrate from rural areas to big cities like Johannesburg. Shutterstock

July 31, 2019

A unique picture of migration patterns in South Africa can help urban planning

Mark A. Collinson, University of the Witwatersrand and Carren Ginsburg, University of the Witwatersrand

Keeping track of migration and urbanisation is challenging, but it’s vital for population health that migration and urbanisation is well understood and planned for.

Migration patterns can have an impact on health and policies. Philemon Bulawayo/Reuters

September 28, 2016

Healthcare for migrants is a challenge. Plugging the knowledge‑gap helps

Carren Ginsburg, University of the Witwatersrand; Mark A. Collinson, University of the Witwatersrand, and Philippe Bocquier, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)

When people migrate they can end up worse off when it comes to getting access to health care. Analysing migration trends can help drive local public health policy towards the correct targets.

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