Health

Réseau des jeunes en population et développement USONI-Ngazidja

Date: 20/10/2011 - 06:37

Countries	Comoros
Language	Français
Type of organisation	NGO/CSO
Work field	Health

Few EU states provide medical care for irregular migrants, says agency

Date: 19/10/2011 - 07:47

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 - 06:40

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.

Lungile Ndaki, « Il est impossible d’empêcher les gens de bouger »

Date: 24/06/2011 - 06:39

Dans le monde en développement, des dizaines de milliers de travailleurs sanitaires ont quitté leur pays, à la recherche de meilleures opportunités à l’étranger. Lungile Ndaki, 58 ans, a fait sa formation d’infirmière en Afrique du Sud ; mais il y a huit ans, elle est partie au Royaume-Uni pour prendre un poste dans un hôpital privé de Bath. Elle a parlé à IRIN au téléphone des raisons qui l’ont poussée à prendre cette décision et expliqué pourquoi elle envisage aujourd’hui de rentrer dans son pays.

Advocates defend migrant workers health studies

Date: 26/04/2011 - 08:48

The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada) and the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) – two of Canada's leading migrant worker advocacy organizations – are applauding and defending the findings of two new reports that make a direct link between worker illness and the shortcomings of Canada's migrant worker system.

Despite being led by two separate teams of distinguished doctors and researchers, the findings of the reports are being attacked by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA).

Health Care in "Nowwhereland" - project results

Date: 21/04/2011 - 08:10

The European project "Health Care in NowHereland" provides the first compilation of policies and regulations in EU 27 and Switzerland along with a database compiling examples for related practices, and gives insights into "life stories" of undocumented migrants in their struggle to get access to fundamental rights.

Available now on http://www.nowhereland.info

South Korea: Disabled migrant workers unprotected

Date: 21/04/2011 - 08:22

A 34-year-old man from Sri Lanka had his right leg amputated in an accident while working at a waste-disposal company in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, in December 2009.

He found the situation unbearable, but decided to remain here because he had to earn money to support his family in his country. He thought it would be easier to get a job here than back in his country with the disability.

New HUMA report on Cyprus, Malta, Poland & Romania

Date: 15/04/2011 - 08:30

New HUMA report on: "Access to healthcare and living conditions of asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Cyprus, Malta, Poland and Romania"

This report published in March 2011 presents the results of multi-disciplinary research into access to healthcare for asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Cyprus, Malta, Poland and Romania.

New Report Highlights Role of Migrant Care Workers in Ageing Societies

Date: 26/01/2011 - 15:16

Population ageing may present serious challenges to developed Western nations, particularly with respect to the care needed for a growing number of older people, according to a newly released report in the IOM Migration Research Series.

Les retraités migrants sont en moins bonne santé que les retraités suisses

Date: 01/12/2010 - 11:03

La Suisse compte environ 130 000 migrant-e-s qui ont atteint l’âge AVS. Bon nombre d’entre eux sont arrivés durant les années d’après-guerre et ont contribué à l’essor économique de notre pays. Leur main-d’oeuvre était requise mais leur intégration n’était pas prévue. Concrètement, cela signifie que le regroupement familial était interdit jusqu’au milieu des années 60. Il aurait semblé utopique aux migrants d’autrefois de bénéficier des offres actuellement proposées, telles que des cours de langues. Estime - suppression des obstacles - participation aux décisions.