The European branch of the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a event on health and migration to discuss strategic priorities for health and migration beyond 2022 in Istanbul Thursday. Ministers of Health and representatives of 53 Member States of the organization participated in the event.
In a video message to the meeting, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the pandemic has again exhibited on global systemses injustices and its defects.
“We hope that inequalities in the global particular system in health and safety, can be disposed of as soon like possible”, said Erdoğan in son message. “For a more peaceful, more stable and fairer worldson clear we need learn from our mistakes,” he said. added. “It is impossible to achieve sustainable development development goals and universal health coverage in a world who ignores health of refugees and migrants,” he said, adding that he appreciated WHO’s efforts to develop a new action plan on migration and health in the European region. “I hope that this meeting, which is taking place place in a environment where 3 millions people have been added at 85 millions of refugees in only three weeks, will open the way for fresh ideas and new proposals for solutions,” Erdoğan said.
Noting that the pandemic has had a “more devastating effect” on vulnerable groups, especially refugees and irregular migrants, he said: “Refugees access for basic health services, which are very limited in many countrieshas unfortunately been hampered in this process.”
Erdoğan stressed that Turkey has never been shy about “share all the means at his disposal with those in need while providing high quality health care services to its citizens. darkest days of the pandemic, we provided medical care equipment and critical material support at 160 countries and 12 international organizations that have requested assistance from us,” he said.
Turkey provided 3.1 millions of hospital treatment services to his “Syrian brothers and sisters”, as well as 96.7 millions outpatient services via its health facilities, he said.
“We performed 2.6 millions of surgical operations and administered a total of 8.7 millions vaccine doses in our hospitals under our national immunization roll-out program,” he said, noting the implementation place of 185 health centers for migrants in 29 of the 81 provinces of the country.
“We are gradually delivering the 15 millions doses of vaccines promised at the Third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit to our African brothers and sisters,” he said. added. “Meanwhile, we are trying to meet the demands for our vaccine nationalTurkovac, as much as possible “, does he have added.
Speaking at the same meeting, Health Minister Fahrretin Koca expressed his satisfaction with holding the meeting in Turkey, the country that hosts the most grand number of refugees around the world, according to the United Nations. He underlined the need increase cooperation on health needs of immigrants. “This problem is a problem for all of us. Common problems to require common solutions,” Koca said. “Today, this burden carried by some countries is essentially a burden of conscience for all of us, for all of humanity. the way to negotiate with problems is to analyze the causes well.” Koca added that it was “among our primary duties to increase our cooperation” on health needs of migrants and “follow a common path”independently of whether a nation is a transit or destination country.
For his part, Dr Hans Kluge, Regional Director of the WHO director for Europe, praises Turkey for son work in health care for refugees and said it made them choose Turkey”for no-discriminatory arrangement of health services to all refugees, not just Syrians. Kluge said their meeting was aimed at build a new vision for refugee health and transforming migration issue into an opportunity rather than a pressure on host companies. Kluge pointed out that without considering the health of migrants, it was impossible to achieve development goals.
Margaritis Schinas, Commissioner of the European Union for Promoting the European way of The life, says they or they faced a new health crisis with the war in Ukraine and a new to flow of migrants to the European Union area in a video link to event.
“European Union took measures against in these unprecedented circumstances and we are trying to support those fleeing the war. We work for immediate and unconditional residency for their, for their access employment,” he said. Schinas pointed out that the health of migrants again came to the fore with the war in Ukraine. “How to do people continue to stay there while the hospitals are bombed? “, he said. need for continued international support and solidarity, noting the demands for opening of humanitarian corridors by WHO. He said the world should to be aware of health care needs of millions of “fragile” immigrants.
The European branch of the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a event on health and migration to discuss strategic priorities for health and migration beyond 2022 in Istanbul Thursday. Ministers of Health and representatives of 53 Member States of the organization participated in the event.
In a video message to the meeting, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the pandemic has again exhibited on global systemses injustices and its defects.
“We hope that inequalities in the global particular system in health and safety, can be disposed of as soon like possible”, said Erdoğan in son message. “For a more peaceful, more stable and fairer worldson clear we need learn from our mistakes,” he said. added. “It is impossible to achieve sustainable development development goals and universal health coverage in a world who ignores health of refugees and migrants,” he said, adding that he appreciated WHO’s efforts to develop a new action plan on migration and health in the European region. “I hope that this meeting, which is taking place place in a environment where 3 millions people have been added at 85 millions of refugees in only three weeks, will open the way for fresh ideas and new proposals for solutions,” Erdoğan said.
Noting that the pandemic has had a “more devastating effect” on vulnerable groups, especially refugees and irregular migrants, he said: “Refugees access for basic health services, which are very limited in many countrieshas unfortunately been hampered in this process.”
Erdoğan stressed that Turkey has never been shy about “share all the means at his disposal with those in need while providing high quality health care services to its citizens. darkest days of the pandemic, we provided medical care equipment and critical material support at 160 countries and 12 international organizations that have requested assistance from us,” he said.
Turkey provided 3.1 millions of hospital treatment services to his “Syrian brothers and sisters”, as well as 96.7 millions outpatient services via its health facilities, he said.
“We performed 2.6 millions of surgical operations and administered a total of 8.7 millions vaccine doses in our hospitals under our national immunization roll-out program,” he said, noting the implementation place of 185 health centers for migrants in 29 of the 81 provinces of the country.
“We are gradually delivering the 15 millions doses of vaccines promised at the Third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit to our African brothers and sisters,” he said. added. “Meanwhile, we are trying to meet the demands for our vaccine nationalTurkovac, as much as possible “, does he have added.
Speaking at the same meeting, Health Minister Fahrretin Koca expressed his satisfaction with holding the meeting in Turkey, the country that hosts the most grand number of refugees around the world, according to the United Nations. He underlined the need increase cooperation on health needs of immigrants. “This problem is a problem for all of us. Common problems to require common solutions,” Koca said. “Today, this burden carried by some countries is essentially a burden of conscience for all of us, for all of humanity. the way to negotiate with problems is to analyze the causes well.” Koca added that it was “among our primary duties to increase our cooperation” on health needs of migrants and “follow a common path”independently of whether a nation is a transit or destination country.
For his part, Dr Hans Kluge, Regional Director of the WHO director for Europe, praises Turkey for son work in health care for refugees and said it made them choose Turkey”for no-discriminatory arrangement of health services to all refugees, not just Syrians. Kluge said their meeting was aimed at build a new vision for refugee health and transforming migration issue into an opportunity rather than a pressure on host companies. Kluge pointed out that without considering the health of migrants, it was impossible to achieve development goals.
Margaritis Schinas, Commissioner of the European Union for Promoting the European way of The life, says they or they faced a new health crisis with the war in Ukraine and a new to flow of migrants to the European Union area in a video link to event.
“European Union took measures against in these unprecedented circumstances and we are trying to support those fleeing the war. We work for immediate and unconditional residency for their, for their access employment,” he said. Schinas pointed out that the health of migrants again came to the fore with the war in Ukraine. “How to do people continue to stay there while the hospitals are bombed? “, he said. need for continued international support and solidarity, noting the demands for opening of humanitarian corridors by WHO. He said the world should to be aware of health care needs of millions of “fragile” immigrants.