Study of Media Narratives on Migrants' and Their Families' Access to Public Health Services

Unequal access to the full enjoyment of the right to health can mean the difference between life and death for migrants and their descendants living in the Dominican Republic. The COVID-19 pandemic made visible the adverse conditions that migrants have faced, limiting their ability to quarantine, access social protection, and get vaccinated on equal footing with the native-born population.

In the recovery context, this study seeks to build on lessons learned during the pandemic and its aftermath in order to advance the right to health, understanding that this is urgent not only from a rights perspective but also because the pandemic revealed the fundamental interdependence of collective well-being. Within the framework of the MigraSalud Project, OBMICA places in readers' hands this study of media narratives and official discourse on access to public health services for migrants and their families in the Dominican Republic, from a gender perspective and considering the new measures introduced in 2021 for foreign nationals.

The publication is intended for state institutions, civil society organizations that support migrants, and social communicators so that they have a practical tool to support their work.