At the request of the Government of Australia, IOM carries out migration health assessment and DNA sample collection services for immigration self-payer applicants referred by local Australian High Commissions, in accordance with the Australian government’s instructions for the medical and radiological examination of Australian visa applicants.
At the request of governments and entities other than the Governments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States, IOM carries out migration health assessment, DNA sample collection, age assessment, and pre-departure medical assessment services for refugees, returnees, students and immigration self-payer applicants referred by various governments and entities, such as UNHCR.
At the request of the Government of New Zealand, IOM is carrying out migration health assessment and DNA sample collection services for immigration self-payer applicants referred by the local New Zealand High Commissions.
The project refers to the health assessment of Australian-bound movements of visa classes 200 to 204.
IOM will continue to work in partnership with the Provincial Ministry of Health and relevant Regional Directors of Health in focusing on the health assistance at both emergency life-saving care and primary health care level services.
The project ultimate goal is to improve the health status of war-displaced persons in the project catchment area through supporting the national disease surveillance system, improving accessibility to primary, secondary and specialized health care services including psychosocial and mental health care components, and strengthening the local health system through training, institutional support and coordination to respond to the ongoing and emerging health needs of the beneficiaries.
The overall objective of the project is to supplement and increase the capacity of the Sri Lankan public health care system to reduce avoidable mortality and morbidity by addressing the most urgent, primary health care needs of IDPs particularly the most vulnerable groups.
The overall objective of the project is to supplement and increase the capacity of the Sri Lankan public health care system to reduce avoidable mortality and morbidity by addressing the most urgent, primary health care needs of IDPs particularly the most vulnerable groups.
The project's overall primary objective is to reduce the morbidity of target communities by early detection of communicable disease events of epidemic or life threatening potential, through a robust early warning surveillance system, effective outbreak response mechanisms, implementing dynamic health promotion programs and environmental control measures (such campaigns to reduce vector breeding sites).
This project aims to strengthen the fragile conflict-damaged health system in Northern Sri Lanka by providing essential life-saving medical services (emergency ambulance care), human resources for health mobilization, rehabilitation of basic facilities for health staff.
