ArticleAfrican journal of primary health care & family medicine2024
Access to healthcare by undocumented Zimbabwean migrants in post-apartheid South Africa.
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- Health system support and strengthening for cross-border HIV services: key informants' perspectives on testing and linkage for Lesotho-South Africa migrant workers.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Using the resilience theory to understand and address migrant pandemic precarity among South African migrant populations.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Medical xenophobia and healthcare exclusion of refugees and migrants in Africa: A scoping review.Journal of migration and health · 2025Review
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- The potential impact of public health care denial on the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in South Africa.Science progressArticle
- Migrants' Experiences of Accessing Primary Care in Emfuleni Municipality, South Africa.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundZimbabwean undocumented migrants rely on the South African public health care system for treatment of non-communicable and communicable diseases, surgery and medical emergency services. A gap remains to understand undocumented migrant experiences at a time when accessing public healthcare has been topical in South Africa.
aimThis article aimed to describe and understand the experiences, challenges and health-seeking alternatives of undocumented Zimbabwean migrants in accessing healthcare services in Nellmapius in Pretoria.
settingThe study was conducted at Nellmapius in Pretoria.
methodsA qualitative descriptive research design was used. Structured interviews with 13 undocumented migrants were conducted by applying purposive and snowballing sampling techniques. The data were thematically analysed.
resultsMigrants reported that the attitudes by healthcare officials suggest unwillingness to provide services to undocumented migrants, aggravating their vulnerability and perennial illness. Migrants faced challenges of discrimination, a lack of professional service delivery, a lack of financial capacity to pay for services and a lack of documentation evoking health-seeking alternatives.
conclusionMigrants continue to face challenges while accessing subsidised health care. This study confirms that medical xenophobia is generally present in the public health care centres, at least for the sampled undocumented Zimbabwean migrants. The majority of undocumented migrants cannot afford to pay for private healthcare.Contribution: The findings of this study inform national, provincial and local healthcare facilities to be ethical and provide dignified quality healthcare to undocumented migrants in line with international practices.
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