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THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.
\nL\u2019ASSOCIATION MEDICALE MONDIALE, INC
\nASOCIACION MEDICA MUNDIAL, INC
\nCentre International de Bureaux FEIN : 13-2566243
\nImmeuble A \u00abKeynes\u00bb Website : www.wma.net Postal Address :
\n13, chemin du Levant Telephone : (33) 4 50 40 75 75 Bo\u00eete Postale 63
\n01210 FERNEY-VOLTAIRE Fax : (33) 4 50 40 59 37 01210 FERNEY-VOLTAIRE Cedex
\nFrance E-mail address : wma@wma.net France
\n13 November 2018
\nDraft WHO Global Action Plan
\nto Promote the Health of Refugees and Migrants (Draft 4)
\nWMA COMMENTS
\nThe World Medical Association is an international organization representing millions of physicians
\nworldwide. Acting on behalf of patients and physicians, the WMA endeavors to achieve the highest
\npossible standards of medical care, ethics, education and health-related human rights for all people.
\nAs such, the WMA plays a key role in promoting good practice, medical ethics and medical
\naccountability internationally.
\nGeneral comments
\nThe World Medical Association (WMA) considers that health is a basic need, a human right and
\none of the essential drivers of economic and social development. All people are entitled without
\ndiscrimination to appropriate medical care according to the international codes of human rights and
\nmedical ethics, including the WMA Declaration of Lisbon on the Rights of the Patient.
\nThe WMA expresses concern over the systemic difficulties which health professionals face when
\nupholding guiding ethical principles in environments hostile to the provision of healthcare to
\nmigrants. Health professionals have a duty to provide appropriate healthcare, regardless of the civil
\nor political status of the individual. The right to receive medical care should be based on need and
\nhealth professionals must be allowed adequate time and sufficient resources to assess the physical
\nand psychological condition of refugees and migrants. Late or denied health care is not only
\nethically wrong and contravenes a fundamental human right, it poses a serious public health threat
\nas well.
\nWe would like to recall WMA recent policy on migration and call for:
\n\u2022 Strong continued engagement of physicians in the defense of human rights and dignity of all
\npeople worldwide, as well as combatting suffering, pain and illness;
\n\u2022 The prioritization of the care of human beings above any other consideration or interest;
\n\u2022 Providing the necessary healthcare, through international cooperation, directed to countries that
\nwelcome and receive large number of migrants.
\n\u2022 Governments to reach political agreements to obtain the necessary health resources to deliver
\ncare in an adequate and coordinated manner to the migrant population.
\nWMA page 2
\nSpecific comments on the draft WHO Global Action Plan to Promote the Health of Refugees
\nand Migrants1
\nWe welcome the draft WHO Global Action Plan to Promote the Health of Refugees and Migrants
\ndeveloped in collaboration with IOM and UNHCR amongst other international organisations. This
\ninclusive partnership, which comprises the consultation of other relevant partners as well,
\nconstitutes a positive advancement to address the complexity of the issue, with health as an essential
\ncomponent of good migration governance. We also welcome the various references in the GAP to
\nthe required need to develop educational courses\/tools for health professionals in relation with the
\nhealth of migrants and refugees.
\nIn line with WMA policies, we suggest the following additions to the current proposed draft:
\n1. The draft GAP should include, in the preamble of the strategic guidelines, an explicit reference
\nto the right to health to refugees and migrants, regardless of the legal, civil or political
\nstatus of the individual.
\n2. The draft GAP should unequivocally condemn and prohibit the participation of health
\nprofessionals in any punitive or judicial action involving refugees and migrants (regardless
\nof the civil or political status) or to administer any non-medically justified diagnostic measure or
\ntreatment (such as sedatives to facilitate easy deportation from the country or relocation).
\n3. Regarding the priority 4 \u201cStrengthen health monitoring and health information systems\u201d, we are
\nworried that the current draft does not refer to the ethical aspects of health data collection and
\nthe related role of physicians. The WMA Declaration of Taipei on ethical considerations
\nregarding health databases and biobanks lays down essential ethical principles in collecting and
\nusing health data, including the principles of confidentiality and the required informed consent
\nof the individuals concerned. Paragraph 9 states: \u201cRespecting the dignity, autonomy, privacy
\nand confidentiality of individuals, physicians have specific obligations, both ethical and legal, as
\nstewards protecting information provided by their patients. The rights to autonomy, privacy and
\nconfidentiality also entitle individuals to exercise control over the use of their personal data and
\nbiological material.\u201d The draft GAP should include clear references to these ethical principles as
\nsafeguards to any possible misuses in health data collection.
\nGiven the length of the document, we suggest including an executive summary indicating the main
\nactions under each priority.
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