Globalization and the consequent increase in international migration impact on the health and well-being of migrants and the populations of both the sending and receiving countries. Healthcare delivery systems may also be affected either positively or negatively. International labor migration is·a highly complex process with different dimensions that affect health in different ways. Migration health is the nexus between disease and other threats to physical well-being, on one hand, and human mobility on the other. Migration health can also refer to the well-being of communities that either send or receive migrants. The Philippine government must play a key role in upholding the right to health of Filipino migrants even as it must work for counterpart programs on the part of the receiving country. The role of civil society cannot be over-emphasized.