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Migration and Health Course
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Migration and Health
Online Course
Background
The Migration and Health Program of the WHO Regional Office for Europe has conducted three editions of the Summer School on Migration and Health since 2017. Preparations of the fourth edition were underway when the WHO Director-General declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Since then, large scale public health and social measures, including movement restrictions, closure of schools and businesses, geographical area quarantine, and international travel restrictions have been implemented by a number of countries. In the light of those measures, the Summer School secretariat decide to suspend the 2020 edition and to organize an online course covering the same topics already defined in the program of 2020 summer school.
Overview
Format
The online course is organized in 5 modules delivered over a period of 5 months. It includes recorded and live events, home work and a final evaluation test.
The course is composed by four one-hour modules. Each module includes:
- Topic presentation 1 (15 min recorded)
- Topic presentation 2 (15 min recorded)
- Q&A (20 minutes live streaming)
- Self evaluation test (10 minutes live)
Format
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one final evaluation module (30 min live)
1
COVID-19 impact on refugee and migrant health
2
Universal health coverage for refugees and migrants
The access of refugees and migrants to quality health services is of paramount importance to rights-based health systems, global health security and to public efforts aimed at reducing health inequities. The concept and the Universal Health Coverage provides an opportunity to promote a more coherent and integrated approach to health, beyond the treatment of specific diseases for all populations, including refugees and migrants, irrespective of their legal and migratory status. This module provides an overview about global challenges and achievements in providing accessibility to health care services for migrants and refugees,
3
Promoting healthier refugee and migrant populations
Refugee and migrant health is a highly complex topic and research findings often cannot be generalized to wider refuge and migrant populations in a country, in a region or globally. The effects of the migratory process, social determinants of health and the risks and exposures in the origin, transit and destination environments interact with biological and social factors to create different health outcomes. This module focuses on available migrant health epidemiological patterns and the existing challenges for collecting comparable health data on refugee and migrant populations
4
Emergencies and migrant health
Public health emergency preparedness and response is not optimal in many countries, with improvements needed in multisectoral approaches and health systems capacity to address the health needs of large influxes of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, including in preparedness, surveillance and response, and public health participation in health systems planning and development. This module analyses best practices and challenges in addressing refugee and migrant health rights and needs during massive influxes of people
5
Final course evaluation test
Target audience
Participants
The main target audience is high-level health sector and government officials, health sector managers, health and non-health sector policymakers; public health experts, journalists, and staff of international and nongovernmental organizations are also candidates. Participants will be exposed to refugee and migrant health science and practice and will have the opportunity to share policy and action-oriented knowledge about refugee and migrant health
Critical question:
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how many?
Speakers
Faculty consists of international experts from different regions and disciplines relevant to the area of migration and health.
Faculty
Financial resources
Human resources
- Secretariat: Course Coordinator, Technical Officer, Secretary
- Migrant Health WHO Regional Focal Points
- Provider agency of online training
Resources
Develop and maintain dedicated social media pages