Introduction

Ms Dorothy Boatemah Ameyaw

Career drive:

More than 20 years of professional experience as a geriatrician nurse

Accomplished assignments from NGOs on elderly health care need in Ghana

Membership to numerous diaspora organizations

CEO Voice Of sub-Sahara African Woman

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TOPIC

African migrants Health

FACTORS

& EXPERIENCES

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FACTORS

Dwindling Life Expectancy

Inadequate use of Health provisions

Insufficient Knowledge of Western health experts on

tropical diseases

Subjects of high-risk jobs for Africans

Communication barrier

Consistently, failed development Aid regimes

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FACORTS

Dwindling Life expectancy

Statistics is inconsistent

From over 50yrs in the 70s to about 40 yrs since late 90s

Courses:

New Infections such as HIV/AID, War, Ebola, growing case of cancer

After-effect of homeland escaped problems such as war trauma, family pressure, ETC

Pressure from Western system

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FACORTS

Inadequate use of Health provision

Social stigma: Less education

Belief: Religion and cultural factors

Not reporting health cases/symptoms on time

Poor nutrition

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FACTORS

Insufficient Knowledge of tropical diseases

We don’t know

Wrong diagnosis

Distrust (among Africans and health-care system)

African with the means sometimes resort to going back to

Africa for Treatment

Spread of negative rumor

Ageing of the first generation

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FACTORS

Subjects of high-risk jobs

Over 90% of Africans are in black-collar jobs

Not aware the associated risk

Labourous, long hour and less health care

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FACTORS

Communication barrier

Failed integration approach

Language barrier

Elements of distrust

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FACTORS

Consistently, failed development Aid regimes

Higher figures on book

Too many donors and approaches with poor coordination

Too less result

The most vulnerable are still not reached (home and

abroad)

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EXPERIENCES(With recommendation)

1. Insignificant gap between life expectancy of Africans;

(home and abroad)

Appropriate communication tool is

needed on health issues, jobs health

hazard, ETC

Increase cooperation with African

institutions on research

Involve the African (professionals) in

Europe on healthcare research

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EXPERIENCES(With recommendation)

2. Africans are not accepting Europe as a home for their old

age

Aid should be directed at capacity building for

Geriatric (Elderly) home care in Africa

Insurance scheme/policy must guarantee coverage at

home country (for old age)

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EXPERIENCES(With recommendation)

3. How Effective are the integration approaches?

We are still in search of means

Strong evidence of distrust exist

Most Africans believe they are not properly attended at health centers, they are used for experiments

For various reasons, self-medication is still high among Africans

More should be done on cases of institutional racism and trust building

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Conclusion

Civilization shared by just a section of human race is

short of civilization

The objectives of the Millennium Development Goal

should be taken seriously, in this way we can guarantee

good health and longer life span for the entire human

race

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