Thread by @WHO

Never have more people been on the move, yet refugees & migrants are often invisible 🫥 in health surveys, putting #HealthForAll at risk.

The 🆕 WHO World report on the health of refugees and migrants spotlights their health +
↗️ trends
🔎 gaps
☑️ practices

Every 8th person 🌐 is a refugee or a migrant.

They make vital contributions to society, but cannot reach their full potential unless they are in good physical & #MentalHealth.

The right to health is 🔑 to achieve #HealthForAll.
Let's protect it.

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During the last 30 years, the number of int. migrants 🌐 almost doubled:
🔹 1990: 153 million
🔹 2020: 281 million

→ Health & social protection systems need to be prepared to accommodate the ↗️ health needs of refugees & migrants. Information & data on their health is crucial.

The health & well-being of refugees & migrants is impacted by factors incl.:
🏘️ housing
👨‍🏭 working conditions
🔄 migratory status
🪙 income
⚕️ access to services
🏫 education

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Many migrant workers 🌎🌍🌏 are engaged in so-called 3-D jobs:
♦️ Dirty
♦️ Dangerous
♦️ Demanding

This puts them at ↗️ risk of:
🔸 occupational accidents
🔸 injuries
🔸 work-related health problems

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Refugee & migrant mothers 👩‍👦 & children have relatively poorer knowledge of, & access to, maternal & child health services. This puts their health at a higher risk.

To achieve #HealthForAll, access to healthcare services should be provided to everyone

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Refugees & migrants are also vulnerable to noncommunicable diseases due to:
🔸barriers accessing health care
🔸lack of accessible, affordable, & appropriate health services
🔸challenges maintaining a healthy lifestyle
🔸suboptimal health-seeking behaviors
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Early detection and treatment of #Cancer is crucial.

Migrants & refugees are likely to face poorer health outcomes for untreated noncommunicable diseases, due to limited access to health-care services.

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The health of migrant workers is also put at risk because they are:
➖ less likely to use health services
➕ more likely to have had an occupational injury

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Many refugees & migrants have lost so much.
But there is one thing they can never lose:
👉 The right to health and wellbeing!

It's time for #HealthForAll

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Migrant health-workers make a vital and growing contribution to the global health system.

They live, breathe and work to achieve #HealthForAll.

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Migrant health workers were indispensable to the frontline response to #COVID19. They put their lives at risk to safeguard the health of others and to help achieve #HealthForAll.

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❤️‍🩹 The right to health is a human right ❤️‍🩹

→ Health does not begin or end at national borders, so migratory status should not exclude anyone from health services & social protection.

♥️ #HealthForAll ♥️

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