Emergency preparedness and response sensitive of migrant populations in Chile : post-pandemic perspectives

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On August 31, 2023, the Chilean government ended the health alert for COVID-19. This milestone invites us to reflect on lessons learned in emergency preparedness and response regarding migrant populations in the country. In this context, three perspectives are presented. The first focuses on avoiding pointing to individual responsibility for non-compliance with prevention measures, as this approach ignores structural and historical inequities. Emergency recommendations should be constructed considering a collective approach and diverse sociocultural and political contexts. The second perspective calls for considering and addressing migration as a social determinant of health. During the pandemic, changes in the governance of migration around the world made migration processes more precarious, with risks to the physical and mental health of migrants, which needs better planning and evidence-based decision-making in future pandemics. The third perspective focuses on promoting intercultural health, as effective communication of contagion risks and preventive measures were hampered among migrant populations with diverse worldviews and interpretations of health and disease processes. Responding to the needs of historically marginalized communities requires establishing ways of life that respect diversity in narratives and everyday practices. Governments and health systems must incorporate migration into their emergency preparedness and response strategies, creating the conditions for optimal compliance.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Medwave - 24(2024), 2 vom: 13. März, Seite e2788

Sprache:

Englisch

Weiterer Titel:

Preparación y respuesta ante emergencias sensibles a poblaciones migrantes en Chile: perspectivas postpandémicas

Beteiligte Personen:

Blukacz, Alice [VerfasserIn]
Cabieses, Báltica [VerfasserIn]
Obach, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Carreño, Alejandra [VerfasserIn]
Mezones-Holguín, Edward [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Chile
Emergency preparedness
Emergency response
Journal Article
Migration

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Date Completed 15.03.2024

Date Revised 15.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5867/medwave.2024.02.2788

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369684753