Strengthening Government’s Capacity of Selected South Asian Countries to Address the Health of Migrants through a Multi-Sector Approach

Over two years this project will:

(1) Conduct an in-depth assessment among the three South Asian countries to assess health vulnerabilities of inbound and outbound migrants, including their access to health and other social services, a mapping of governments’ responses to address these vulnerabilities and come up with recommendations for action;

(2) Support a regional consultation involving the three target countries and with the assistance of two secondary countries (Sri Lanka and Thailand), to discuss best practices and agree on success factors to develop a migration health agenda at national level for the target countries;

(3) Support the Ministries of Health of Bangladesh and Nepal, and the Ministries of Human Resource Development of Pakistan to develop strategic action plans to address the health of migrants using a multi-sectoral approach.