Access to medicines among asylum seekers, refugees and undocumented migrants across the migratory cycle in Europe: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Access to essential medicines is a critical element of health systems and an important measure of their performance. Migrants may face barriers in accessing healthcare, including essential medicines, throughout the migration cycle, which includes the stages of departure from home or residence countries, transit through non-European or European countries, reception and settlement in a country in Europe and deportation. We aim to provide an overview of research and grey literature concerning access to essential medicines for asylum seekers, refugees and undocumented migrants in or heading to Europe (European Union, European Economic Area, Switzerland and the UK).

Methods

To delineate and conceptualise access to medicines, we considered the definition of the Lancet

SUBMITTER: Aljadeeah S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11481121 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature