Ensuring migrants’ right to health? Case of undocumented children in Israel

Moss, Dana; Gutzeit, Zoe; Mishori, Ranit; Davidovitch, Nadav; Filc, Dani

doi:10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000490

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“…Following this agreement, UNICEF has started to visit the islands where undocumented migrants reside to ensure that every child receives immunization [50]. Furthermore, it is essential to involve the non-governmental organization (NGO) in delivering the vaccines to the migrants [42], [51] as undocumented migrants may be more comfortable dealing with NGOs instead of government health facilities. In Norway, undocumented migrants are only offered a minimum right to healthcare.…”

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Factors That Motivate and Militate Undocumented Migrants to Vaccinate Their Children in Sabah, Malaysia

Christina,

Ibrahim,

Karim

et al. 2023

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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BACKGROUND: Undocumented migrant families face many challenges in bringing their children for vaccination. The recent outbreak of poliomyelitis in Sabah among undocumented migrant children highlights the gap in vaccination coverage among these populations. AIM: This study aimed to determine the factors that influence undocumented migrants in Sabah to vaccinate their children. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study using a questionnaire developed based on the findings from a qualitative study. This study was conducted in 15 districts of Sabah among the mothers of undocumented migrant children. Multiple Logistic Regression was done to find out the significant factors that influence undocumented migrants to vaccinate their children. RESULTS: A total of 942 responses were collected during the study. About 78.7% of the respondents attended health facilities to vaccinate their children. Only the legal status of the undocumented migrant (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.15 [95% CI: 0.52–0.43]) remains a significant militating factor for undocumented migrants to vaccinate their children. Two factors, parental trust in health-care providers and vaccines (aOR = 18.24 [95% CI: 8.42–39.51]) and good support system (aOR = 2.65 [95% CI: 1.77–3.97]), remain significant motivating factors that influence undocumented migrants to vaccinate their children. Those who had visited the health facilities for an antenatal check-up (aOR = 25.93 [95% CI: 17.07–39.39]) and delivery (aOR = 93.63 [95% CI: 34.77–257.81]), with income of more than RM 1000 (aOR = 6.09 [95% CI: 3.66–10.12]) have a higher prevalence to bring their children for vaccination. CONCLUSION: In the best interest of public health and to prevent the further re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases in Sabah, it is important to address these factors to improve vaccine uptake among undocumented migrant children.

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Factors That Motivate and Militate Undocumented Migrants to Vaccinate Their Children in Sabah, Malaysia

Christina,

Ibrahim,

Karim

et al. 2023

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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“…We could not agree more about the idea that the initiative merits praise for obtaining universal HIV treatment from the Israeli government. What makes this an exceptional accomplishment is that it expanded coverage in the most unlikely political context; namely, to undocumented migrants and thus to a population for whose health needs the Israeli government does not usually consider itself responsible [11,12].…”

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The role of public-private partnerships in extending public healthcare provision to irregular migrants: stopgap or foot in the door?

Gottlieb

Filc

Davidovitch

2020

Isr J Health Policy Res

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In this commentary to the paper “Ensuring HIV care to undocumented migrants in Israel: a public-private partnership case study” by Chemtob et al. we discuss the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs) as a mechanism for integrating previously excluded groups in public healthcare provision. Drawing on PPP case-studies as well as on Israel’s pandemic preparedness policies during the Covid-19 outbreak, we examine potential implications for the populations in question and for health systems. In our view, Chemtob et al. describe an exceptional achievement, where a PPP served as a stepping stone for the subsequent integration of irregular migrants’ in publicly funded HIV care. However, we argue that in many other cases PPPs are liable to undermine public healthcare and inclusionary claims. This view is informed by the fundamentally different concepts of healthcare that underlie PPPs and public healthcare provision (namely, health care as a commodity vs. access to healthcare as a right) and existing evidence on PPPs’ role in facilitating welfare retrenchment. In contexts that are dominated by an exclusionary stance toward irregular migrants, such as contemporary Israel, we believe that PPPs will become stopgaps that undermine health rights, rather than a first foot in the door that leads toward equitable provision of healthcare for all.

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Ensuring migrants’ right to health? Case of undocumented children in Israel

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Factors That Motivate and Militate Undocumented Migrants to Vaccinate Their Children in Sabah, Malaysia

Factors That Motivate and Militate Undocumented Migrants to Vaccinate Their Children in Sabah, Malaysia

The role of public-private partnerships in extending public healthcare provision to irregular migrants: stopgap or foot in the door?

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