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Healthcare Assistance for Foreign Workers in Korea

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Healthcare Assistance for Foreign Workers in Korea

  • Healthcare support projects for foreign workers target migrant workers residing in Korea, supporting complimentary mobile checkups, health information, vaccination, and education of project managers. Through the healthcare support project, KOFIH aims to ensure their right to health, and strengthen accessibility to medical services.
History
2023- Present To enhance health conditions by providing medical services for first-generation ethnic Koreans forced to work in Sakhalin
2011-Present Support for vaccinations such as influenza
2010-Present Production and distribution of multilingual health information booklets
2007-Present Operation of mobile clinic vehicle in support of free diagnoses for migrant workers
Health safety net through community cooperation
Goals Strengthening health safety net for migrant workers in Korean through public, private, and community cooperation
Project Period 2007-Present
Details
  • Supporting mobile clinics and medical resources for migrant workers in Korea Complimentary support of mobile clinic vehicles (obstetrics and gynecology, dental clinic, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, x-ray imaging), medical equipment, and medicine/consumables for organizations/groups providing free medical services for migrant workers in Korea

    (Kyunghee Univ. Medical Center under entrustment: Click to check and apply for the program https://www.khmc.or.kr/kr/mobileclinic/mobileclinic_headquarters2.do)
  • Application process

* Article 23 of Regional Public Health Act (Reporting Heath Checkups): Any of the persons referred to in the subparagraphs of Article 27 (1) of the Medical Service Act, who intends to engage in activities affecting the local residents’ health, such as health checkups or medical outreach services for many local residents, shall file a report with the head of the health center having jurisdiction over the area in which he or she intends to conduct health checkups, etc., as prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.



  • Improving accessibility to healthcare services for the vulnerable migrant workers
  • Supporting vaccines to prevent infectious diseases
Expected Effects
  • Strengthening accessibility to medical services of migrant workers in Korea through mobile clinics
  • Ensuring right to health of migrant workers in Korea and clearing blind spots in medical services
Building and operating healthcare cooperation system and capacity building
Goals
  • To improve health status of migrant workers in Korea
  • To build the health management capacity of groups supporting migrant workers in Korea
Project Period 2011-Present
Details

Developing abd distributing multilingual health information data (in 14 languages)

View multilingual health information brochure Watching Multilingual health information YouTube My Health Keeper
  • English, Chinese, Russian, Indonesian, Mongolian, Filipino, Nepali, Bengali, Khmer, Thai, Uzbek, Sinhala, Burmese, and Vietnamese

Planning and organizing health management education and seminars for project managers

Establishing a network with related organizations

Expected Effects
  • Strengthening professional capacity by providing necessary training for project managers
  • Contributing to promoting health by raising accessibility of healthcare information for migrant workers in Korea
  • Building a project-related network with relevant project partners