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Regional Dialogue on the Health Challenges for Asian Labour Migrants
Representatives of 13 South and South East Asian countries of origin met in Bangkok on 13-14 July 2010 to discuss the health challenges facing the region’s 55 million migrant workers.
The Regional Dialogue on the Health Challenges for Asian Labour Migrants, organized by UNDP with IOM and UNAIDS in cooperation with WHO, ILO and the Joint UN Initiative on Mobility & HIV/AIDS in South East Asia (JUNIMA), was held in preparation for the upcoming Colombo Process Ministerial Consultations (early 2011, Dhaka), where migrants’ health issues are expected to be discussed for the first time.
Representatives from the ministries of health and labour/overseas employment, as well as foreign affairs, discussed and adopted Joint Recommendation on key actions to improve the health and well-being of labour migrants.
These included a call for greater coordination and policy coherence among relevant existing national policies, laws and practices related to labour migration and health; strengthened bilateral agreements between countries of origin and destination; and stronger advocacy efforts towards the ratification of relevant international instruments.
For more information we direct you to the below event documentation.
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| Executive summary |
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| Inaugural session |
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| Session 1: Setting the scene - health challenges for Asian labour migrants |
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| Presentations: |
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Ms Kristina Mejo, Regional Programme Manager, IOM
Mr Jaime Calderon, Regional Migration Health Manager, IOM
Asian labour migration and major health challenges
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Mr Richard Howard, Senior Specialist on HIV and AIDS, ILO
International principles and instruments on migration for employment
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Ms Jacqueline Weekers, Senior Migrant Health Officer, WHO
Global and regional commitments and strategies to enhance health of migrants
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Ms Ema Naito, Consultant on HIV/AIDS and Mobility, UNDP
Regional commitments to enhance the health of migrants
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| Session 2: Health challenges and responses from the region |
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Mr Enrico Fos, Executive Director, Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Philippines
Migration and protection of migrants: Philippine experience
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Dr Chanvit Tharathep, Director, Department of Health Administration Bureau, Ministry of Public Health, Government of Thailand
Improving access of migrants to health services in Thailand
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Dr P. G. Mahipala, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health Ms Yasoja Gunasekera, Director, Economic Division, Ministry of External Affairs, and member of National Migration Health Taskforce Mr Mangala Randeniya, Deputy General Manager, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, Government of Sri Lanka
Overcoming the Challenges of Migration Health through a Policy Process (Sri Lanka)
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| Session 3: Thematic discussions |
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| Session 4: Working group to develop joint recommendations |
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| Session 5: Adoption of joint recommendations |
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| Session 5: Group work outputs |
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| Closing session |
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| Annex I: Final agenda |
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| Annex II: Participants list |
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| Annex III: Concept note |
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