PHA-Exchange> Health care for migrants: Case studies for Global Health Watch

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Case studies and human interest stories on access to health care for
migrants

The Global Health Watch provides an alternative assessment of the gross
inequalities in health worldwide, "watches" the institutions of global
health and development governance, and makes recommendations for new
approaches to some of the most intractable health problems in the world
today. 

We would like your assistance and input in writing and sourcing human
interest stories written in a simple narrative style. Where it is not
possible to integrate stories submitted within chapters, we will put them on
the web site. We would like both positive and negative stories, successes
and failures, etc.

The "Access to health care for migrants" chapter framework summary is below
and more chapter frameworks are to follow.

More information on GHW can be found on www.ghwatch.org
<http://www.ghwatch.org/> . Information on this and other case can be found
on People's Health Movement website http://www.phmovement.org/ghwatch/ and
the GHW website http://www.ghwatch.org/call_case_studies.php. 

Please submit case studies to ghw at hst.org.za <mailto:ghw%40hst.org.za> . 


Access to health care for migrants

1. Experiences of forced migration

2. Who migrates and why and implications for health: 

- reasons behind migration: insecurity, poverty etc.       

                 - numbers of migrants: refugees, IDPs

                 - where are they?

3. Access to health care: issues for migrants in

                 - camps (refugee & IDP)

                 - peri-urban and urban areas (as a result of mass
migration)

                 - countries with a highly controlled immigration policy (eg
compulsory HIV / TB screening)


4. Migrants access to health care: ensuring rights & equal access to health
care             - 

-          examples of denial of access

-          examples where rights to access have been protected

-          what can be done: recommendations for ensuring access in the
future.

 
Bridget Lloyd
Global Health Watch 2007-2008

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