Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Dec 2015)

A desk review on institutional and non-institutional organizations active in the field of migrant's health in the WHO European Region

  • Loredana Ingrosso,
  • Tanja Schmidt,
  • Jamila Sherally,
  • Matteo Dembech,
  • Sara Barragan Montes,
  • Rita Sa Machado,
  • Giuseppe Annunziata,
  • Giovanni Rezza,
  • Santino Severoni

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4415/ANN_15_04_11
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 51, no. 4
pp. 313 – 320

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Migrants have problematic access to health-care; non-institutional organizations (NGOs), as well as institutional bodies may play a role in facilitating their access to mainstream health care. AIM: Our research reviews actions that address the need of migrants in terms of health care in order to understand how, where, and who participates in this effort. METHOD: Data were from desk or web research, declaration from organisations and their websites, information from WHO Country Offices. RESULTS: 154 NGOs were identified in the WHO European Region. 58% were direct health care providers while the remaining provided either mediation services or were part of a network organization. 173 national institutes (GOVs) were found; less than the 20% were directly or indirectly involved in health care, whereas the majority were involved in research, policy development, international relations and human rights. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: Some gaps, a certain fragmentation and lack of coordination were identified. WHO can play an overarching role in the exchange of expertise and harmonisation of the efforts in this field.

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