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![Venezuelan migrants sign up for Colombia’s national health insurance program at an enrollment day in the municipality of Floridablanca](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-05/Col10.jpg?itok=zuU298Jn)
Colombia ha emergido como líder en la elaboración de políticas que integran a los migrantes a la economía y la sociedad, garantizan su derecho universal a la salud y movilizan recursos nacionales para cumplir con la creciente demanda de servicios de salud.
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When the next emergency hits, health authorities will have a plan ready to activate.
![A female health care worker in orange jacket and hat cares for a young child at an outdoor health screening in Bangladesh.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-06/USAID%20flickr_Bangladesh_Photo%20by%20Maggie%20Moore%2C%20USAID_CC%20BY-NC%202.0_lighter.jpg?itok=xZ0JJcF6)
Both Ghana and Bangladesh have implemented health budget accountability mechanisms. Their experiences offer practical lessons that other countries can adapt to their own budget execution needs.
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Colombia 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.
![A nurse vaccinates a child at a clinic in Accra, Ghana.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-03/pic0.jpg?itok=AV2c07SO)
Late last year, health sector practitioners from eight countries met to tackle the issue head-on as participants in the Joint Learning Network Health Budget Execution Learning Exchange. They made meaningful progress.
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For 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.
![Bangladesh Mother and Child (Credit: David Stanley)](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2021-11/Bangladesh%20mother%20and%20child_%20credit%20to%20David%20Stanley.jpg?itok=jceUofn3)
Poor budget execution results in inefficiencies that undermine the ability of health agencies to improve access to needed health services and improve population health. Yet billions of dollars in unexecuted health budgets are returned to treasuries every year.
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Population movement of this magnitude places huge stress on health systems in receptor countries. How can health care for migrants be financed? How can health system capacity be expanded? And how can health sector policies and national migration policies be harmonized?
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The proliferation of mobile telephones and advances in digital financial technology have created opportunities for faster progress towards achieving Universal Health Coverage.
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LHSS supports scale up and adaptation of existing vaccination programs for COVID-19 while also strengthening countries’ capacity to manage other public health efforts in the future.