Tuberculosis (TB) is a social disease – and migration, as a social determinant of health, may increase TB-related morbidity and mortality among migrants and the communities in which they live. Across the countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), migrants face various barriers to accessing TB detection and treatment services. The Global Fund Strategy 2023–2028 highlights the importance of human rights, gender equality and community engagement, and of addressing the social determinants of TB, through a package of comprehensive and quality TB services.

The findings highlight that key challenges towards achieving optimal migrant health include the following gaps: in Brunei Darussalam, while it is a legally binding requirement for employers to obtain medical insurance for their migrant workers for the full duration of their employment, not all employers fulfil this obligation; in Indonesia, no coordination mechanisms exist between social health insurance provided by the government and overseas providers of migrant workers; in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Philippines, multisectoral governmental coordination to specifically addres

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a global mobility deadlock with nearly all international borders closed for non-essential travel, left migrants in countries of destination acutely vulnerable with risks to health, as well as socioeconomic and social security status, compounded by diverging measures and impacts on mobility.