Towards the Strengthening of a Binational Agenda on
Migrant Health in the Tacna–Arica and Antofagasta Regions

This funding allocation will provide co-financing to a larger project which aims to create favourable conditions in the target region to strengthen open and sustained dialogue that will allow improvement of the health conditions of Columbian and Peruvian migrants in Chile.

The first component consists of promoting cooperation and exchange between medical personnel from Columbia and Chile, as well as health officials, with the objective of analyzing and understanding the socio-epidemiological aspects related to the health of the migrant population from Columbia, specifically from the Cauca Valley (Buenaventura, Cali, La Esmeralda, Tuluá, Florida, Palmira, and Buga). The exchange of health workers shall be programmed to take place in the northern city of Antofagasta, which is characterized by high flows of migrants of many nationalities, including Columbians, which continue to be significant.

The second component deals more specifically with the issue of HIV and other infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, that are present in an area of high mobility and migration located in the border cities of Arica (Chile) y Tacna (Peru), where the incidence and prevalence rates are high. The Proposal includes an initial research component that seeks to strengthen the existing evidence by incorporating the migration variable and further studying related socio-epidemiological aspects such as level of education, age, economic activity, and sexual preferences, among others.