The Ministry of Health is looking into a mechanism to raise the health level of migrant shelters.

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Tripoli, This morning, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for Technical Affairs, Samir Koko, held a meeting with emergency officials of the World Health Organization, the medical coordinator of the International Organization for Migration, the medical coordinator of the Medical Authority for Migrants Affairs, and the medical coordinator of the International Committee for Relief to discuss the mechanism of lifting the The health level of migrant shelters.

During the meeting, several files were discussed to develop an integrated mechanism to unify all efforts between the Ministry of Health and the rest of the international organizations in order to take care of the health status of immigrants, and to combat communicable diseases that affect society such as the tuberculosis epidemic and corona.

The meeting also touched on how to establish health centers and isolation units in these centers; In order for the medical teams to be able to provide medical services on an ongoing basis, and the possibility of cooperation in the field of training the management and security personnel on how to deal with migrants in terms of health.

The attendees stressed the need to develop an urgent plan to support illegal immigration centers with medical teams, medicines and some supplies.

This meeting came after the agent’s visit last week to the Illegal Immigration Accommodation Center, Ain Zara, to inspect the health conditions of immigrants.

Source: Libyan News Agency