Strengthening Government’s Capacity of Selected South Asian Countries to Address the Health of Migrants through a Multi-Sector Approach

  • Start Date
    2012
  • End Date
    2015
  • Project Status
    Completed
  • Project Type
    Health Promotion and Assist for Migrants
  • Budget Amount (USD)
    300000.00
  • Coverage
    Regional
  • Year
    2012
  • IDF Region
    Asia and Oceania
  • Prima ID
    BD10P0001
  • Projects ID
    MA.0259
  • Benefiting Member States
    Bangladesh Nepal Pakistan

Over two years this project will:
(1) Conduct an in-depth assessment among the three South Asian countries to assess health vulnerabilities of inbound and outbound migrants, including their access to health and other social services, a mapping of governments’ responses to address these vulnerabilities and come up with recommendations for action;
(2) Support a regional consultation involving the three target countries and with the assistance of two secondary countries (Sri Lanka and Thailand), to discuss best practices and agree on success factors to develop a migration health agenda at national level for the target countries;
(3) Support the Ministries of Health of Bangladesh and Nepal, and the Ministries of Human Resource Development of Pakistan to develop strategic action plans to address the health of migrants using a multi-sectoral approach.