Supporting healthcare access for refugees and migrants

Abstract

For a host country, managing a large influx of refugees and migrants is a complex task that requires strong political commitment, well-established policies, and structures in place. If giving incoming populations a home, protection, and opportunities for an income is essential, access to healthcare for displaced populations is equally a key human right. The release on Jan 25, 2023, of the WHO Refugee and Migrant Health Toolkit was aimed at helping individual countries to access all available guidelines and tools to develop policies to integrate migrants and refugees in their health system. Such integration is essential for the achievement of the goals of the Global action plan on promoting the health of refugees and migrants, 2019–2023, that mandates provision of healthcare to anyone independently from nationality