Health

Migrants Disproportionately Affected by HIV and AIDS in High-Income Countries, Says IOM

Date: 02/12/2012 - 09:45

Migrants are disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS in high-income countries, says IOM as it marks World AIDS Day.

This year’s UNAIDS Report on the global AIDS epidemic demonstrates that for the first time in the history of AIDS, an end to the epidemic is on the horizon and the rates of new infections in traditionally high-burden countries are going down.

But many challenges remain. For example, in high-income countries in North America and Europe, the total number of people living with HIV has actually increased in the last ten years.    

Research Sheds Light on Lack of Healthcare for Migrant Workers

Date: 13/09/2012 - 09:12

The classic scene of an old-time Vermonter sitting on a stool milking a cow on his family farm remains a powerful image strongly connected to the heritage of the state. If accuracy is the goal, however, a new image would be portrayed: a Spanish-speaking Latino migrant worker most likely from the southern region of Mexico.

España: Un paso atrás en el derecho a la salud para todos

Date: 02/09/2012 - 14:37

El 20 de abril de 2012, el Gobierno español aprobó el Real Decreto Ley 16/2012 que modifica la Ley de extranjería, que negaría el acceso a los servicios esenciales y preventivos para la salud de los migrantes indocumentados. Esta nueva ley, que entrará en vigor el 1 de septiembre de 2012, solamente dejará a la atención de emergencia, la maternidad y el cuidado infantil accesible de forma gratuita.

Espagne: Un pas en arrière pour le droit à la santé pour tous

Date: 02/09/2012 - 14:34

Le 20 avril 2012, le gouvernement espagnol a adopté l’arrêté 16/2012 modifiant la loi sur les étrangers qui refuse l'accès aux services de soins essentiels et préventifs pour les migrants sans-papiers. Cette nouvelle loi, qui entrera en vigueur le 1er septembre 2012, ne donnera l’accès gratuit qu’aux soins d'urgence, de maternité et pédiatriques.

Spain: A step backward in the right to health care for all

Date: 02/09/2012 - 14:13

On 20 April 2012, the Spanish government adopted the Royal Decree Act 16/2012 amending the Foreigners Act, which would deny access to essential and preventive health care services for undocumented migrants. This new law, which takes effect on 1 September 2012, will leave only emergency care, maternity and child care accessible free of charge.

Les personnes en séjour irréguliers n’ont toujours accès à l’aide médicale d’urgence

Date: 09/07/2012 - 09:10

«Autour de moi beaucoup de gens se méfient. On te dit qu’il faut que tu te méfies, comme tu n’as pas de papiers, pas de travail. Méfie-toi des assistantes sociale m’a t’ont dit.» Marie-Rose, 40 ans.

«L’assistante sociale de Médecins du Monde m’a appris que je pouvais m’adresser au CPAS. Mais là on a refusé de m’aider car mon ex-mari a signé un document certifiant qu’il payerait tout», Fatima, patiente du Caso. Elle s’est enfuie car son mari la battait. Il est retourné au Maroc.

Migration: Trauma travels too

Date: 23/05/2012 - 08:34

Georgette* is jumpy and on the verge of tears even before she starts recounting her long and harrowing story of loss and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), her desperate flight to South Africa, and the struggles and setbacks she has endured since arriving in Johannesburg a year ago. 

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Date: 20/10/2011 - 07:37
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Few EU states provide medical care for irregular migrants, says agency

Date: 19/10/2011 - 08:47

Undocumented migrants who are not allowed to work legally have to pay for medical care in most member states, sometimes putting their lives at stake, a recent report on healthcare by the EU fundamental rights agency reads.

Lungile Ndaki, "There's no way you can stop people from moving"

Date: 24/06/2011 - 07:40

Tens of thousands of health workers have left their countries in the developing world in search of better opportunities abroad. Lungile Ndaki, 58, trained as a nurse in South Africa but eight years ago she moved to the UK to take up a post at a private hospital in Bath. She talked to IRIN on the phone about what pushed her to make the move, and why she is now considering going home.

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