Ashgabat - 24 November 2021, Ashgabat, IOM held an online seminar for the health workers and public organizations on the topic “Provision of psychosocial assistance to victims of human trafficking and vulnerable migrants”.

The aim of the national seminar was to strengthen the capacity of health workers and other workers from the relevant ministries and agencies dealing with migration, human trafficking and health. IOM invited regional experts to facilitate this seminar: Nazim Agazade - Doctor of Medical Sciences - Azerbaijan; Rukhshona Kurbanova - Migrant Health Program Coordinator - IOM, Tajikistan; Olga Milinchuk - Doctor of the Rehabilitation Center - Department of Assistance to Migrants, IOM Ukraine; Nina Kerimi - Candidate of Medical Sciences, IOM Turkmenistan Consultant.

During the event, participants discussed the access of migrants to social services, mainly medical and psychological assistance; identified the ways in resolving the migration issues; shared with experience and knowledge on migration movement and health risks that migrants are facing; analyzed the roles and responsibilities of social partners; and discussed about migrants' rights to access health services in accordance with international standards.

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