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1 1st World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health 2018
Why is the problem of inadequate health care coverage for migrants so persistent? David Ingleby University of Amsterdam

2 What is health care coverage?

3 How inadequate is coverage for migrants?

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5 From European Commission website:
EU policies and actions in public health aim to: Protect and improve the health of EU citizens

6 Fallacy No. 1: Emergency care is all you need for adequate coverage

7 Fallacy No. 2: Health care coverage is all you need for inclusion in health system

8 Why is this issue in the limelight now?
Drive for universal health coverage (WHO) Drive to improve situation of migrants (IOM) SDGs Global Compact

9 Two kinds of ‘rights gap’
Universal, basic human rights versus Rights granted by national laws and policies Rights of national citizens Rights of non-citizens versus

10 Health as a special case

11 Getting migration included in the health equity paradigm


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