Migrant & Refugee Health

The WHS Academic Alliance has put Migrant and Refugee Health on the agenda of the World Health Summit since 2015. Led by Sapienza University of Rome, the Alliance has held Expert Meetings attended by participants around the world in Rome as well as online.



2024 | Digital

Webinar: How can we improve access to care in Afghanistan?
January 15, Sapienza University of Rome, Emergency, and CRIMEDIM
Program and speakers

2023 | Digital

Webinar: From generating evidence to implementing medical care: how to improve the health of migrants and refugees?
June 23, Sapienza University of Rome & Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva
Program and speakers

2022 | Digital 

Webinar: Health of Children on the Move
February 28, Sapienza University of Rome and Lancet Migration
Session recording
Program and speakers

2021 | Digital

Webinar: How Climate Change affects the Health of Migrants and Refugees
November 30, Sapienza University of Rome
Session recording
Program and speakers

Webinar: The Need for Integration of Migration Health Aspects in the Education of Health Professionals
September 7, Sapienza University of Rome and UNICA
Session recording
Program and speakers

Webinar: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Migration
June 18, Sapienza University of Rome, HEARD and CRESPPA
Session recording
Program and speakers

Webinar: How Can Strengthened Healthcare for Migrants Foster Health for All
May 27, Sapienza University of Rome and Emergency
Session recording
Program and speakers

Webinar: Digital Solutions for Migrant and Refugee Health
April 19, Sapienza University of Rome and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Session recording
Program and speakers

Webinar: Ensuring the COVID-19 Vaccine Reaches Undocumented Migrants
March 30, Sapienza University of Rome and PICUM
Session recording

Program and speakers

Webinar: Migrant Health Issues in Massive Migration Areas in the COVID Period
February 22, Sapienza University of Rome and Association of Academic Health Centers International AAHCI
Session recording
Program and speakers

Webinar: The Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant and Refugee Health
January 28, Sapienza University of Rome and The Lancet Commission Migration and Health
Session recording
Program and speakers
Presentations

2019 | Rome

WHS Academic Alliance Expert Meeting Migrant and Refugee Health
June 7, Sapienza University of Rome
Program and speakers

2018 | Rome

WHS Academic Alliance Expert Meeting Migrant and Refugee Health
June 15-16, Sapienza University of Rome
Program and speakers

2017 | Rome

WHS Academic Alliance Expert Meeting on Migrants and Refugee Health
June 23-24, Sapienza University of Rome
Program and speakers

World Health Summit 2024

Workshop Navigating the Nexus of Climate Change, Health and Migration: Program and speakers


World Health Summit 2023

Workshop Digital Technologies and Youth Health Promotion in Forced Migration Settings: Program and speakers


World Health Summit 2021

Panel Discussion Migrant and Refugee Health - The Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant and Refugee Health: Program and speakers


World Health Summit 2019

Panel Discussion Protecting the Mental Health of Refugees and Migrants: Program and speakers


World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2018 - Coimbra, Portugal

Session Migration and Health: Speakers and summary


World Health Summit 2016

Keynote Session Migration and Refugee Health - From Care to Policy: Program and speakers
Workshop Tuberculosis and Migration: Program and speakers
Workshop Migration, Cultures and Health: Program and speakers


World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2024 - Melbourne, Australia

Building the capacity of health care workers providing care to refugees and migrants: Program and speakers


World Health Summit 2022

Workshop Addressing Health and Migration as a Global Priority in a Changing World: Program and speakers


World Health Summit 2020 

Panel Discussion Migrant and Refugee Health - Towards an Agenda of Solutions: Program and speakers
 


World Health Summit 2018

Panel Disussion Migration and Refugee Health: Program and speakers


World Health Summit 2017

Workshop Migration and Global Health Policy: Program and speakers


World Health Summit 2015

Workshop Migration and Refugee Health: Program and speakers
Workshop Stress and the City - Flight, Migration and Mental Health: Program and speakers