Migration Health Research Podcast No. 13 (Migration Health Research Bulletin #26)
Kit Leung, IOM Migration Health Regional Thematic Specialist for Southern Africa, based in Pretoria, South Africa, shares the findings of a desk review to determine the rights of migrants to access healthcare services in the 16 Southern African Development Community Member States. Ursula Trummer, Head of the Center for Health and Migration in Vienna, Austria, provides an overview of the health challenges faced by international migrant workers globally.
This report presents the findings of a desk review undertaken in August 2022 to determine the rights of migrants to access healthcare services - including in relation to occupational health and the health of migrant workers - in the 16 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States. Building on a previous review of migrants’ rights to health in Southern Africa (2009) this report offers a comprehensive resource outlining the extent to which SADC Member States provide migrants with the right to access public (government) healthcare in their constitution, legislation, policies and associated frameworks. The report, and its detailed country appendices and summaries, can be used as a reference tool for SADC Member States to support efforts to ensure the rights of migrants to access healthcare.