Access to Health Care among Migrants in Goa, India

Principal researcher

Ajay Bailey

Period

2009- Ongoing

Collaboration

Lifelines, Goa (NGO)  and RAPHID

Key questions

• What is the health seeking behaviour among migrants in Goa?
• Perceptions on quality of care provided at public and private health care centers
• Allocation of resources (expenditure) and access of health care.

Papers in Progress

• Bailey, A. In search of livelihoods: migration and mobility from Karantaka to Goa. In : Irudaya Rajan (ed.), India Migration Report 2011. Routledge, (accepted)
• Bailey, A. Left at sea: HIV vulnerability among migrant fishermen in Goa, India

Linked student projects

• Sjaak Moerman will work on Health seeking behaviour among migrant groups in Goa, India (Winter 2010 ).