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The Health and Migration Programme brings together WHO's technical departments, regional and country offices, as well as partners, to secure the health rights of refugees and migrants and achieve universal health coverage.
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Dr Santino Severoni, Director, WHO Health and Migration Department, facilitating a session with Ms Claudia Palacios, Master of Ceremony for the Global School, 2024.
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Health system strengthening interventions to improve the health of displaced and migrant populations in the context of climate change

This is the seventh report in the Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration (GEHM) series. The publication examines how health systems are responding...

Dementia in refugees and migrants: epidemiology, public health implications and global responses

This is the sixth report of the Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration (GEHM) series. The publication examines the challenges faced by older refugees...

WHO global action plan on promoting the health of refugees and migrants, 2019–2030

In 2017, the Seventieth World Health Assembly considered the report on promoting the health of refugees and migrants (A70/24) and the decision of the Executive...

Strengthening health systems to improve the health of displaced and migrant populations in the context of climate change Evidence brief

The WHO Global research agenda on health, migration and displacement identified the health of displaced and migrant populations in the context of climate...

Refugee and migrant health system review: challenges and opportunities for long-term health system strengthening in Estonia

Estonia has experienced a substantial increase in the number of refugees and migrants, particularly since 2022 due to the war in Ukraine. By March 2024,...

Funding landscape for research on health, migration and displacement: report for 2016-2020 period

Migrants, refugees and other displaced populations are often excluded from research and evidence generation and from public health interventions and policies....

Refugee and migrant health system review: challenges and opportunities for long-term health system strengthening in Uganda

Uganda is Africa's largest refugee-hosting country and ranks fifth globally. Over the decades, Uganda has hosted refugees from nations including South...

Refugee and migrant health system review: challenges and opportunities for long-term health system strengthening in Jordan

Jordan has more than 3 million migrants (one third of the country's total population) and has witnessed three major waves of refugees in its modern...

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