Impacts of Covid-19 on migrant health workers: a review of evidence and implications for health care provision

Vaillancourt-Laflamme, Catherine; Pillinger, Jane; Yeates, Nicola; Gencianos, Genevieve; Ismail, Gihan; Ismail, Nashwa and Montoro, Carlos (2022). Impacts of Covid-19 on migrant health workers: a review of evidence and implications for health care provision. The Open University-Public Services International, Milton Keynes/Ferney Voltaire.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.ro.00014b4d

Abstract

Migrant workers have been at high risk of contracting Covid-19 and experiencing adverse outcomes from it. This paper reviews research evidence from academic and grey literatures as regards how the pandemic has impacted on migrant health workers. Five principal factors stand out as exacerbating the risks to such workers: health workforce shortages; decent work deficits, including lack of social protection; discrimination, violence and harassment; absence of social dialogue, and changing patterns of international recruitment. These factors are interlocking and have highly consequential implications not only for the rights and welfare of those workers but also for the provision of universal health care and realising rights-based, people-centered sustainable development for all countries.

Viewing alternatives

Look up in Google Scholar

Download history

Metrics

Public Attention

Altmetrics from Altmetric

Number of Citations

Citations from Dimensions

Item Actions

Export

About

CORE (COnnecting REpositories)

Recommendations