TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Injury and mortality in young Nepalese migrant workers: a call for public health action
JO  - Asia-Pacific journal of public health
A1  - Aryal, Nirmal
A1  - Regmi, Pramod R.
A1  - van Teijlingen, Edwin
A1  - Simkhada, Padam
A1  - Adhikary, Pratik
A1  - Bhatta, Yadav Kumar Deo
A1  - Mann, Stewart
SP  - 703
EP  - 705
VL  - 28
IS  - 8
N2  - Approximately 3.5 million Nepalese are working as migrant workers in the Gulf countries, Malaysia, and India. Every year there are more than 1000 deaths and many hundreds cases of injuries among Nepalese workers in these countries excluding India. A postmortem examination of migrant workers is not carried out in most of these countries, and those with work-related injuries are often sent back to home. Uninsured migrant workers also do not have easy access to health care services in host countries due to the high medical and hospital fees. Greater efforts are needed to protect the health and well-being, labor rights, and human rights of migrant workers from Nepal and other South-Asian nations. There is a need to enforce universal labor laws in these countries and to develop accurate records of mortality and morbidity and their causes.<br><br>© 2016 APJPH.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1010-5395
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1010539516668628
ID  - ref1
ER  -