No One Left Behind: Monitoring Migrant-Inclusive Universal Health Coverage

UCL and Doctors of the World (DOTW) collaborate to host workshop with 15 country representatives to improve access to healthcare data

It is essential to recognise mobility for effective implementation of universal health coverage (UHC) (SDG3.8) and “to leave no one behind”. There is an urgent need to generate accurate and disaggregated data on the healthcare access of marginalised migrants (SDG 10.2 & 17.18) and to develop evidence-based research and advocacy agendas to monitor progress towards SDG achievement.  

Building on a long-term collaboration with international organisation Médecins du Monde (MdM), the project proposes to strengthen MdM data collection and to co-produce research and advocacy priorities that uncover the gaps between migrant healthcare provision and UHC commitments. 

A two-day workshop was hosted in London by UCL and Doctors of the World (DOTW) with 15 DOTW country representatives on data collection in each country's clinic. The workshop discussed data collection processes, common and individual indicators of importance, ensuring quality of data, data for advocacy-based work, and co-production within data and advocacy. This was the first time the staff of DOTW from these countries met to discuss how to improve their data collection processes. 

This group was built on a long-standing collaboration between UCL and DOTW. UCL researchers were able to give speciality training on data collection, epidemiology 101, data visualisation, and co-production methods to the service providers. The collaboration is due to continue, with further funding already applied to expand the project to a global scale. 

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