Madinah Community Health Center
Migrant Community Health Promotion Program
Division of Communicable Disease Prevention, Control, and Border Public Health
Mae Sot Hospital
Context of Mae Sot District, Tak Province
Mae Sot District is an urban area with a large migrant population, consisting primarily of migrant workers and their accompanying family members, including children, women of reproductive age, and older persons. There are 14 densely populated migrant communities living alongside Thai communities.
A key public health challenge among these populations is limited access to basic healthcare services. In response, healthcare services have been provided to prevent cross-border communicable diseases and vaccine-preventable diseases, while also promoting maternal and child health. These initiatives are implemented in accordance with Mae Sot Hospital’s border health policy.
Roadmap
To improve access to basic healthcare services and develop migrant learning centers into migrant health-promoting schools.
Migrant Community Health Post (or) Madinah Community Health Center
The Migrant Community Health Post was established in 2004 to improve access to health promotion services for migrant populations, prevent the spread of cross-border communicable diseases, and reduce overcrowding in hospitals. Services are delivered through a people-friendly approach with collaboration from government agencies, communities, and NGOs. The centers are staffed by healthcare personnel from Mae Sot Hospital and migrant health workers.
Madinah Community Health Center
The Madinah Community Health Center was established in 2004 to improve access to health promotion services, prevent outbreaks of cross-border communicable diseases, and reduce congestion in hospitals through accessible and friendly healthcare services.
Services include:
- General medical care
- Vaccination services for children aged 0–4 years
- Antenatal care services
- Family planning services
- Migrant community coordination services
Mobile Health Promotion Services
Proactive health promotion and vaccination services are provided in migrant communities through a mobile health service van.
Migrant Community Drug Fund
The Migrant Community Drug Fund is operated by migrant health volunteers under the supervision and monitoring of public health officials.
Migrant Health Volunteers
Capacity-building support is provided to migrant health volunteers across migrant communities to strengthen community health networks and promote community participation in health activities.
Migrant Health-Promoting Schools
Migrant learning centers are being developed to meet the standards of migrant health-promoting schools.
Achievements of the Migrant Health Network
- The incidence rate of diphtheria, tetanus, and polio among migrant children in the service area has remained at zero.
- Migrant health volunteers provide coverage across all 14 migrant communities.
- Outstanding migrant health volunteers have been recognized for their contributions.
- Specialized migrant health volunteers have been trained in tuberculosis prevention and control.
- Migrant health volunteers have supported COVID-19 response activities.
- Volunteer migrant health workers provide services at migrant community health centers.
- Every migrant learning center has designated school health teachers and student leaders.
- No vaccine-preventable diseases have been reported in migrant learning centers.
- All migrant learning centers are free from mosquito larvae breeding sites.
- All migrant learning centers have been assessed through the Teacher Focus process and recognized as health-promoting schools.
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