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Date Shared: 
Friday, December 27, 2013 - 12:30
Title: 

Documented and Undocumented Migrants Health in Thailand

Countries and areas: 
Thailand
Partner(s): 
National Government of Thailand
Thematic Area: 
Rights of migrants, Strategies for addressing irregular migration and enabling regular migration, Strategies for minimizing costs/maximizing human development
Tags: 
Migration and Health, Empowerment and Rights of Migrants, Gender
Summary: 

This is a Health care program in which either migrants or employers pay USD 20 for health care check-ups, USD 1 for co-payment for hospital visits and USD 43 for a one-year health insurance. This is the same benefit package as for Thai nationals that includes disease prevention, health promotion, work related disabilities, low-cost in- and out- patient hospital care, accident and emergency. The anti-viral drugs, to prevent mother to child or mother to fetus infections are also available. The program combats illegal migration by registering undocumented migrants and for providing a pathway to semi-legal and legal status.

GFMD Source: 

GFMD 2013-2014 - Thematic Meeting 1 "Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda ".

Link: 

For more information:

  • https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/95/2/16-179606/en/
  • www.gfmd.org/
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Source (retrieved on 04/12/2026 - 18:37): https://www.gfmd.org/pfp/ppd/66