Language barrier affecting migrant workers healthcare - Equity Initiative

Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia (AFHESEA) at the Equity Initiative interviewed migrant workers in Malaysia and found that language is the main challenge in providing them with adequate healthcare.

The group members spoke to 13 Vietnamese migrant workers aged between 21 and 45, as well as eight health workers - half from the private sector and half from the government.

“The health workers unanimously responded that...