Proyecto de Sostenibilidad del Sistema de Salud Local
Local Health System Sustainability Project
Latin America and Caribbean Region
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region is facing a tremendous migration crisis. Women comprise nearly 50 percent of migrants in the region and have proved to be particularly vulnerable to violence and political and socioeconomic instability—factors that drive migration out of and within the region. The influence of migration on health is well recognized. Women, in particular, are potentially subjected to health risks at all stages of the migration experience and continue to face significant barriers in accessing quality health care.
LHSS is working with the government of Honduras, an origin country for migrants, to pilot measures which strengthen social health protection programs. These programs explicitly consider the health needs and preferences of women in high-migration contexts. To do this, we will:
- Conduct a landscape analysis exploring the link between social health protection and migration behaviors
- Support adapting a social health protection platform in one country that is a destination for large numbers of women migrants
- Strengthen the capacity of an origin country to adapt, implement, and sustainably finance social health protection for women at risk of migration
- Disseminate information, analysis, and experiences widely to national and regional-level stakeholders
Through this work, LHSS aims to increase access to essential health services through social health protection platforms for women migrants and women at risk of migration. The findings of the research and experience of these countries are being shared widely, to inform the many other countries in the region facing similar challenges to meeting health needs of women in high-migration contexts.
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Articles and Blogs
Articles and Blogs
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BLOGJoining together, local and regional organizations are plotting a way forward to improve health care access for women and other vulnerable migrants in Honduras.
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BLOGUniéndose, las organizaciones locales y regionales están trazando un camino adelante para mejorar el acceso a la atención médica para las mujeres y otros migrantes vulnerables en Honduras.
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BLOGColombia has emerged as a leader in creating policies to integrate migrants into the economy and society, guaranteeing their right to health and mobilizing domestic resources to meet the increased demand for health services.
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BLOGFor countries facing a large influx of migrants, the best way to ensure that these new members of society have sustained access to essential health services is to have a long-term strategy – one that builds on existing health platforms.
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BLOGIn the Dominican Republic, the dual impact of large numbers of migrants and a health system overwhelmed by COVID-19 has meant that fewer health services are available for migrant women. LHSS is working to improve health protection for the country’s migrant women, most of whom come from Haiti.
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