Regular migrant workers are entitled to receive subsidized care from Thailand’s public health system and irregular migrants are able to enroll for health insurance coverage by paying an annual fee. However, utilization of public health services remains relatively low among migrants due to a number of social and economic barriers.
Our work is to strengthen local health systems to ensure that migrant populations receive subsidised care from Thailand’s public health system. Our approach to strengthening the health system for migrant populations is achieved through key partnerships with government agencies, community-based organisations, and community-based migrant health volunteers (MHVs).
WVFT sits on a range of national committees and working groups to facilitate this work, including, but not limited to:

• National Committee on Cross-Border Referral of TB and HIV Patients
• National Committee on Tuberculosis and AIDS Integration
• National Committee and Working Group on Operationalizing the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Migrant Populations
• National Committee to Manage Cooperation between the RTG and the WHO

Our existing partnerships with donors and development partners include United Nations Agencies (WHO, IOM, UNICEF) the Global Fund, Raks Thai Foundation and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (THPF). During FY2022-23, projects funded by UNICEF, WHO, IOM, The Global Fund and THPF targeted COVID-19 response in migrant communities, health literacy, and prevention of infectious diseases such as Dengue, Monkey pox, Tuberculosis and HIV.