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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

The emergence of infectious diseases during migration is a possible situation, and the
Ministry of Health is particularly attentive to the vaccination of infants and children
since it is a threat to the health of the whole community. Health services are provided
irrespective of possession of temporary protection identity documents in case of
infectious diseases. However, monitoring vaccinations for migrants who live outside of
TACs is not easy because it is common that Syrians not present at the addresses they
declared during the registration process. For this reason, mobile health services are
visiting homes individually to try to overcome this problem.

On the other hand, in studies conducted within the context of information infrastructure,
we learned that a protocol has been made between relevant administrations in order
for data sharing and cooperation between Sağlık-Net and Göç-Net systems; in the
meantime, there are some problems with regular data collection and sharing, but
integration efforts between Sağlık-Net and Göç-Net are coming to the last stage in
order to eliminate them.

In the scope of the mentioned subjects, it is important to the following points are
considered:

Assessment of the provision of detailed information on matters such as the residence
addresses of the Syrians in the area where the health workers are in charge and
population information about the residents;

Assessment of continuing mobile health services;

Assessment of the consideration of these persons, as well as those injured while crossing
the border, in the personnel, equipment and facility planning of the health institutions
in the provinces where TACs are located and the majority of persons in temporary
protection live;
Assessment of continued special activities and campaigns, especially to inform mothers
about maternal and child health, and to ensure the widest possible distribution of
informative materials on health services and vaccination efforts;

Assessment of continued field and survey studies, data collection activities, and health
screenings in TACs and in provinces for the identification of persons who may have
trauma, disabilities and special health needs;

Assessment and supervision of the continued employment of Syrian health personnel
with the necessary qualifications in the relevant institutions.

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