Putting migrant voices at the heart of our organisation

This Refugee Week, Doctors of the World are introducing the members of its National Health Advisors, an advisory group of people with lived experience of migration and healthcare exclusion, to ensure migrants have a greater influence over healthcare policy and practice.     Migrants with lived experience of healthcare exclusion know best the impact of policies and services that affect and are available to them. Their voices and insights should be at the centre of changing attitudes among the general public, making well-informed decisions, ensuring services are inclusive, and driving sustainable policy change in healthcare.  The launch of the National Health Advisors aligns with our strategic objective to “strengthen our movement with greater numbers of healthcare professionals, activists and service users who together support and set the direction of the organisation”. In line with this objective, our approach will be to “work hand-in-hand with those benefiting from our services, advocacy or activism”.  National Health Advisors work as an equal partner in the project, bringing their voices, views and insights to DOTW’s services, policy influencing and strategic engagement work, media, and campaigns.  Some key achievements of the National Health Advisors since it started in 2020, include:  Developing and delivering a training module on the right to healthcare for migrant groups.  In ...
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