Joel Buenaventura
Dr Joel Buenaventura
Chief Health Program OfficerInstitution: Migrant Health Unit - Department of Health
Current Institution Location: Philippines
Email: jhbuenaventura.bihc@gmail.com
Phone Number: 632-651-7800 local 1352
Website: Go to website
Address:
G/F Bldg 3 San Lazaro Compound Rizal Avenue, Sta. Cruz, Manila
Migration Health Research Area/Expertise
I am currently the Chief Health Program Officer of the Migrant Health Unit of the Department of Health (DOH) - Philippines. I am the program manager of the Philippine Migrant Health Program, which was an offshoot of the collaboration between the DOH and the IOM-Philippines started officially in April 2013. We have conducted the joint DOH-IOM project on the Situational Analysis and Stakeholder Mapping of Migration and Health in the Philippines, which led to the crafting and approval of the Philippines' National Policy on the Health of Migrants and Overseas Filipinos in March 2016. We have organized the Philippine Migrant Health Network, which is a multi-sectoral collaborative body on migration and health in the country involving other government agencies, non-government and civil society organizations, academe and the private sector. Internally, at the DOH, we are convening the Intra-Agency Task Force on Migrant Health. Together with IOM-Sri Lanka, we have collaborated on the Multi-Country Study on Migrant Health Assessments. Recently, we have signed another policy on the Integrated Policy and Guidelines on the Inter-Agency Medical Repatriation Assistance Program of the Philippine Government. We are currently doing another study, with the assistance from the World Health Organization Philippines, on Mapping the Current Existing Health Services for Migrants and Overseas Filipinos. As the Program Manager, we are coordinating all issues and concern regarding migrant health for the Department, from issues on the regulation of the medical facilities for overseas workers to medical repatriation and concerns on public health emergencies of international concern to the proposal to field health attaches to areas with high concentration of Filipinos.
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories
Internal Migration
Internally displaced persons (Children, Adults)
International/Cross-Border Migration
International migrant workers (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
Seafarers (Adults)
Relevant Projects
Title | Year Published | Region/Country | Role in the Project | Main Outcome | Link to Study Reports and publications |
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Situational Analysis and Stakeholder Mapping of Migration and Health in the Philippines | Asia and the Pacific Philippines |
Co-Investigator | Documented various health issues faced by migrants which vary across the migration cycle in both source and destination countries; there exist various migrant health services and programs but there is no focal office tackling issues of migration and health | ||
Rapid Assessment of Migrant Health Assessment Services in the Philippines | Asia and the Pacific Philippines |
Collaborator | Well defined standards and guidelines in conducting migrant health assessments for seafarers, but not for land based workers; great disconnect between the local and international policies and the actual implementation | ||
Health Profile and Health Care Access of Overseas Filipino Workers in South Korea | Other | Respiratory disease is the top main concern of OFWs in South Korea; Primary source of funds is out of pocket expenditure | |||
Mapping of the Existing Health Services for Migrants and Overseas Filipinos in the Philippines | Asia and the Pacific Philippines |
Collaborator |