2014
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111009954
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Can Migration Health Assessments Become a Mechanism for Global Public Health Good?

Abstract: Migrant health assessments (HAs) consist of a medical examination to assess a migrant’s health status and to provide medical clearance for work or residency based on conditions defined by the destination country and/or employer. We argue that better linkages between health systems and migrant HA processors at the country level are needed to shift these from being limited as an instrument of determining non-admissibility for purposes of visa issuance, to a process that may enhance public health. The importance … Show more

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“…Many migrant labourers work in conditions of precarious employment, within ‘difficult, degrading and dangerous’ jobs yet little is known about the health status, health outcomes, and resilience/vulnerability trajectories of these migrant workers and their ‘left behind’ families. Many undergo health assessments as a pre-condition for travel and migration, yet many such programs remain unlinked to national public health systems [14]. …”
Section: Main Textmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many migrant labourers work in conditions of precarious employment, within ‘difficult, degrading and dangerous’ jobs yet little is known about the health status, health outcomes, and resilience/vulnerability trajectories of these migrant workers and their ‘left behind’ families. Many undergo health assessments as a pre-condition for travel and migration, yet many such programs remain unlinked to national public health systems [14]. …”
Section: Main Textmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…При этом мигранты обязаны пройти осмотр в сертифицированных медицинских учреждениях как у себя в стране, так и по прибытии в страну назначения. В случае выявления туберкулеза заявителю будет отказано в выдаче рабочей визы, а трудовой мигрант, уже находящийся в стране, подлежит депортации по прохождении лечения, которое заканчивается на этапе прекращения бактериовыделения [72,88].…”
Section: опыт проведения медицинских осмотров в странах выезда (по даunclassified
“…Another question is whether compulsory screening at the border is ethically defensible when there is weak evidence that it helps to reduce transmission or improve individuals’ health outcomes. 52 …”
Section: Three Highlights From the Ethics And Justice Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%