The EUAA provides access to medical country of origin information (MedCOI). This information supports the national migration and asylum authorities in Europe to reach accurate and fair decisions in international protection and other migration procedures. More precisely, MedCOI is a service for national migration and asylum authorities, providing responses to requests for information about the availability and accessibility of medical interventions in countries of origin. The objectives and overview of MedCOI activities are described at the relevant EUAA Single Programming Document and Work Programme.
EUAA MedCOI relies on a worldwide network of medical experts that provides up-to-date medical information in countries of origin. Based on this information and combined with desk research, the EUAA MedCOI Sector produces responses to individual requests from EU+ countries, general medical country reports, and maintains a portal with a specific database where the information can be found. The portal also allows for the continuous exchange of information between EU+ countries, and between EU+ countries and the EUAA. The database is only accessible to trained personnel in EUAA and the EU+ countries' relevant administrations. Completion of the MedCOI training modules (specific training on the use of the MedCOI database and on MedCOI methodologies) is a necessary requirement to be granted access.
While individual responses are only available in the MedCOI Portal, EUAA MedCOI general medical country reports can also be found in the EUAA publication section and in the public page of the MedCOI Portal (under MedCOI publications).
The EUAA MedCOI Sector is part of the Country Information and Guidance Unit of the C3 Asylum Knowledge Centre (EUAA organigram). The sector is composed of medical advisors, researchers, officers, main coordinators, managers and administrative staff.
The MedCOI Data Protection Notice outlines the processing and handling of personal data of registered MedCOI users.
