SIHHAT-III, led by the Ministry of Health, aims to maintain existing health services, focus on specialized services, promote health-related behavioural changes, and strengthen evidence-based migrant health policies.
Third phase project objectives:
• Maintaining the accessibility and availability of quality health services for the migrant population,
• Increasing the health literacy of migrants in target provinces and improving their health-seeking behaviours, and
• Strengthening the Ministry of Health's capacity to obtain and manage evidence and knowledge to support policy-making processes in the field of migrant health.
At this stage of the project's third phase:
• The burden on the national health system has been reduced, with services provided at a total of 179 Migrant Health Centres in 32 provinces
• Migrants' access to health services has been facilitated, with the opportunity to see specialists and dentists in addition to primary health care services at E-MHCs
• Psychosocial support services, mobile health services, and cancer screening services are offered.
• Language barriers are eliminated, and health literacy training is provided to support health-seeking behaviour among migrants.
• Scientific research on the effectiveness of health services provided to migrants is supported, and migrant health workers are integrated into the Turkish labour market.