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Sep 19 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Access to #antibiotics 💊 is essential to treat infections.

The 🆕 Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration highlights how refugees & migrants often face barriers 🚧 to access & use these potentially life-saving medicines:

📌 bit.ly/3xxOJNS There are three stacks of antibiotics placed on a table. A h
Access to #antibiotics for refugees & migrants is highly influenced by health systems in host countries.

📌 bit.ly/3xxOJNS A person is picking up medicine at a pharmacy.
Barriers 🚧 to access health services often lead to inappropriate use of #antibiotics, and ultimately to #AntimicrobialResistance, making infections harder to treat over time & increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness & death.

📌 bit.ly/3xxOJNS Illustration of a girl that stands outside a pharmacy. She i
Health system barriers 🚧 to access & use #antibiotics for refugees & migrants incl:
⏲️ waiting times to see a doctor
🏥 limited health service capacity
🪙 high costs
📜 inappropriate prescription of antibiotics
🔣 no translation/interpretation services

📌bit.ly/3xxOJNS People are queuing outside a pharmacy.
Other barriers to access care for refugees & migrants incl.:
🚧 previous unsatisfactory experiences with formal care
🚧 ease of informal access to #antibiotics
🚧 stigma
🚧 fear of deportation
🚧 language barriers
🚧 time & financial constraints

📌bit.ly/3xxOJNS A teenager is sitting on the floor on a thin mattress. She i
Access to essential #antibiotics is a human right.
Let’s remove all barriers 🚧 and ensure safe, effective, affordable, high-quality antibiotics are available to all, including refugees and migrants.
bit.ly/3xxOJNS

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