Independent review of the added value of the Central Emergency Response Found (CERF) to the Venezuela regional refugee and migration crisis
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- Category: Health services
- Publication Date: 2019
This review assesses the value added by CERF funding provided for the humanitarian response to the regional Venezuela refugee and migration crisis in 2018 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago)
Venezuelan Migration and the Border Health Crisis in Colombia and Brazil
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- Category: Health services
- Publication Date: 2019
Venezuela’s economic crisis has triggered mass migration; more than 3.4 million Venezuelans have fled to other countries in the region and beyond. An assessment mission to Cúcuta, in the Colombian border state of North Santander, was undertaken from July 26 to August 1, 2018, and to Bôa Vista and Pacaraima, in the state of Roraima, Brazil, between August 24 and 28, 2018. Interviews were conducted with key informants, including health providers and organizations engaged in the humanitarian response. Secondary analysis of gray literature and data shared by key informants was also undertaken. Surveillance data demonstrate increases in infectious diseases, as well as adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes, among Venezuelans in North Santander and Roraima.
Health services inequalities affecting the Venezuelan migrant and refugee population in Colombia. How to improve the local response to the humanitarian emergency?
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- Category: Health services
- Publication Date: 2020
Between November 2019 and March 2020 Profamilia evaluated the needs, expectations, and inequalities regarding access to health services for Venezuelan migrants and refugees. The research focused on six prioritized cities with high immigration flow: Bogotá, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Cucuta, Riohacha, and Santa Marta. In order to improve the response of the health system locally, this research also inquired about the use of services and inequalities within the host community.
Health of refugees and migrants. Practices in addressing the health needs of refugees and migrants
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- Category: Health services
- Publication Date: 2018
In response to a request, in World Health Assembly Resolution 70.15, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a global call for information, including case studies, on current policies and practices and lessons learned in the promotion of refugee and migrant health. This document is based on information gathered from the contributions from Member States, IOM, UNHCR, ILO, other partners, and WHO regional and country offices in response to that global call, as well as literature searches and reports available in the public domain.
PAHO’s Response to Maintaining an Effective Technical Cooperation Agenda in Venezuela and Neighboring Member States, November 2016 to July 2020
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- Category: Health services
- Publication Date: 2020
This information document provides an update on the Pan American Sanitary Bureau’s response to maintaining an effective technical cooperation agenda in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and neighboring Member States, from November 2016 to July 2020. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has been facing a sociopolitical and economic situation that has negatively impacted social and health indicators. There have been intensified population movements both within the country and to other countries, particularly to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay. Since 2017, an estimated 5.2 million Venezuelans have migrated to other countries, including an estimated 4.3 million who have gone to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Challenges in access to health for migrants transiting the Darien region. Health service needs and gaps on the border between Colombia and Panama
- Promoting the health of refugees and migrants: Experiences from around the world
- Migration and health research: past, present, and future
- Migration Status and Utilization of Healthcare Services Among Venezuelan Immigrants in Peru
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