Rights of Others and Public Health Strategies: Medical Support at the Subacute Stage in Arrival Phase of the Afghan Special Contributors’ Resettlement

Abstract

Major health problems of the refugee and asylum seeker can be managed effectively to reduce vulnerability and risk of society, and contribute to population health. In this context, this article outlines the experience of the health and medical support for Afghan special contributors in 2021-2022, Yeosu, Republic of Korea. It is intended to find a meaningful implication in that it provided an opportunity to consider about the specificity of the migrant health and public health problems that our society faces in the process of providing a care of early stages of the migrant cycle. In other words, the management of health problems of ‘others’ who came from another places without awareness can be emphasized an important policy targets and means to reach the both goals, ‘human rights’ and ‘social safety.’