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Pocock NS, Suphanchaimat R, Chan CK, et al. Reflections on migrant and refugee health in Malaysia and the ASEAN region. BMC Proc. 2018;12:4doi: 10.1186/s12919-018-0100-6.
Pocock, N. S., Suphanchaimat, R., Chan, C. K., Faller, E. M., Harrigan, N., Pillai, V., & Wickramage, K. (2018). Reflections on migrant and refugee health in Malaysia and the ASEAN region. BMC proceedings, 124. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12919-018-0100-6
Pocock, Nicola S, et al. "Reflections on migrant and refugee health in Malaysia and the ASEAN region." BMC proceedings vol. 12 (2018): 4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12919-018-0100-6
Pocock NS, Suphanchaimat R, Chan CK, Faller EM, Harrigan N, Pillai V, Wickramage K. Reflections on migrant and refugee health in Malaysia and the ASEAN region. BMC Proc. 2018 Apr 24;12:4. doi: 10.1186/s12919-018-0100-6. eCollection 2018. PMID: 30044886; PMCID: PMC5918453.
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BMC Proc. 2018 Apr 24;12:4. doi: 10.1186/s12919-018-0100-6. eCollection 2018.

Reflections on migrant and refugee health in Malaysia and the ASEAN region.

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Nicola S Pocock, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Chee Khoon Chan, Erwin Martinez Faller, Nicholas Harrigan, Veena Pillai, Kolitha Wickramage

Affiliations

  1. United Nations University International Institute of Global Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  2. 2International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
  3. 3Centre for Latin American Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  4. 4Migrant Workers Health Research Network, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Management & Science University, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
  5. 5Department of Sociology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  6. Dhi Consulting & Training, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  7. Migration Health Division, International Organization for Migration, UN Migration Agency, Manila, Philippines.

PMID: 30044886 PMCID: PMC5918453 DOI: 10.1186/s12919-018-0100-6

Abstract

Migrants and refugees face challenges accessing both healthcare and good social determinants of health in Malaysia. Participants at the "Migrant and Refugee Health in Malaysia workshop, Kuala Lumpur, 9-10 November 2017" scoped these challenges within the regional ASEAN context, identifying gaps in knowledge and practical steps forward to improve the evidence base in the Malaysia.

Keywords: Migrant health; Refugee health

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References

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