ArticleJournal of migration and health2021
The impact of COVID-19 on Venezuelan migrants' access to health: A qualitative study in Colombian and Peruvian cities.
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- Barriers and facilitators to healthcare access for refugee, immigrant, and migrant populations during the COVID-19 pandemic: an overview of reviews.BMC health services research · 2026Pooled it
- Barriers to access and unmet needs in mental health care for Venezuelan migrants in a southern border region of Colombia: The experiences of community workers.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Trajectory of Venezuelan migrant women during prenatal care and childbirth in a city in northern Brazil: a quantitative and qualitative study.Cadernos de saude publica · 2026Article
- Discrimination in medical settings as perceived by forcibly displaced people within low- and middle-income countries: a scoping literature review.Public health reviews · 2026Review
- The Impact of Regularization Policies on Health Access: Examining Female Venezuelan Migrants' Access and Utilization of Healthcare Services in Colombia.Health systems and reform · 2025Article
- Protecting Distress Migrants' Right to Health in Ecuador: Are Legal Commitments Being Fulfilled?Health and human rights · 2024Article
- The public health challenges of female migration: the Venezuelan diaspora in Andean countries.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Disparities in healthcare-seeking behaviors and associated costs between Venezuelan migrants and Colombians residing in Colombia.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- COVID-19 among migrants, refugees, and internally displaced persons: systematic review, meta-analysis and qualitative synthesis of the global empirical literature.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- The effect of COVID-19 on the non-COVID health outcomes of crisis-affected peoples: a systematic review.Conflict and health · 2024Review
- Estimating the incidence of Venezuelan migration and other socioeconomic factors on urban growth in Colombia.PloS one · 2024Article
- Comparing implementation strategies for training and supervising nonspecialists in Group Problem Management Plus: A hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial in Colombia.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Migration Status and Utilization of Healthcare Services Among Venezuelan Immigrants in Peru.Journal of community health · 2023Article
- Evaluating Rural Health Disparities in Colombia: Identifying Barriers and Strategies to Advancing Refugee Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Health condition, income loss, food insecurity and other social inequities among migrants and refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Non-vaccination Against COVID-19 Among Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants Adults in Peru: A Cross-sectional Study, 2022.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2023Article
- Qualitative assessment of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on migration, access to healthcare, and social wellbeing among Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Colombia.Journal of migration and health · 2023Article
- Immigrants, health, and the impact of COVID-19: A narrative review.F1000Research · 2023Review
- Access to health care for migrants in French Guiana in 2022: a qualitative study of health care system actors.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Perspectives of health practitioners on the challenges to accessing sexual and reproductive health care services for Venezuelan migrant women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quito, Ecuador.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
This research seeks to understand how COVID-19 has affected access to healthcare among migrants in Latin American cities. Using ethnographic research methods, we engaged with Venezuelans living in conditions of informality in four Colombian cities-Barranquilla, Cucuta, Riohacha, and Soacha-and three Peruvian cities-Lima, Trujillo, and Tumbes. We conducted 130 interviews of both Venezuelan migrants and state and non-governmental actors within the healthcare ecosystems of these cities. We found that forced migrants from Venezuela in both Colombia and Peru face common obstacles along their access trajectories to healthcare, which we summarize as legal, financial, and relating to discrimination and information asymmetry. By limiting effective access to care during the pandemic, these obstacles have also affected migrants' ability to cover the costs of basic needs, particularly food and housing. Our study also found a prevalent reliance on alternative forms of care, such as telemedicine, easy-to-access pharmacies, and extralegal care networks. We conclude that COVID-19 has exacerbated preexisting conditions of informality and health inequities affecting Venezuelan migrants in Colombia and Peru.
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