e-Learning Summer School
THE HEALTH OF REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS:
ensuring accessibility, promoting health and saving lives
19 - 23 October
Introduction
Migration represents one of the major ongoing social trends globally. It is a phenomenon that
is shaping the course of societies now and will continue to do so in coming years. Population
movements bring opportunities as well as growing challenges in public health that generate a
greater demand for complex, structured efforts from all stakeholders involved.
Several WHO regional offices have gained extensive experience in addressing the challenges of
refugee and migrant health. Health and migration programmes as well as technical assessment
tools are being developed and Regional Committee resolutions adopted. Two global consultations
on migration and health have been organized jointly with the International Organization for
Migration, one in Spain in 2010 and one in Sri Lanka in 2017.
Member States at the Seventy-second World Health Assembly in May 2019 agreed on a global
action plan for promoting the health of refugees and migrants over the period 2019–2023. In
accordance with the World Health Assembly resolution WHA70.15, the aim of the Global Action
Plan Promoting the Health of Refugees and Migrants (referred to hereafter as the Global Action
Plan) is to improve global health by addressing the health and well-being of refugees and
migrants in an inclusive and comprehensive manner and as part of holistic efforts to respond to
the health needs of the overall population in any given setting. This includes the coordination of
international efforts to link health care for refugees and migrants with humanitarian programmes.
The Global Action Plan focuses on achieving universal health coverage and the highest attainable
standard of health, as mandated in WHO’s Constitution, for refugees, migrants and host populations
within the context of WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work 2019–2023 (GPW13). Three
interconnected strategic priorities are stressed in GPW13: achieve universal health coverage,
address health emergencies and promote healthier populations.
The priorities for action identified by the Global Action Plan include “supporting the training of all
personnel working with refugees and migrants on the social determinants of health and necessary
policy responses and professional training for health workers, and ensuring that health planners
and health-care workers are offered support and knowledge-sharing in order to implement
appropriate refugee- and migrant-sensitive health interventions that also provide affordable and
equitable access to all people”.
This 2020 five-day e-Learning Summer School on health and migration is offered to policy-makers
and officials from Member States and key stakeholders as a continuation of capacity-building
activities promoted by WHO in several regions, including three previous editions of a Summer
School on Health and Migration organized by the WHO Regional Office for Europe in past years.
Overall aim
Provide and share knowledge and build on existing capacity of personnel involved in health and migration for promoting health and well-being of refugees and migrants.
Objectives
• Raise understanding and awareness about mobility and migration in global and regional
contexts.
The health of refugees and migrants: e-Learning Summer School 19 - 23 October 2020
ensuring accessibility, promoting health and saving lives
• Promote evidence-informed and best practice interventions among professionals working
in health and migration and provide an opportunity for sharing knowledge, experience and
good practice.
• Promote intercountry, interregional and multisectoral coordinated action in health and
migration.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the School, participants will be able to:
• understand the main determinants of health for refugee and migrant populations;
• identify key problems and possible solutions to promote refugee and migrant access to
health-care services;
• define key epidemiological aspects of health and migration;
• evaluate and address key risks for the health of refugees and migrants during emergencies; and
• understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugee and migrant communities.
Guiding principles
The School programme is based on the interconnected strategic priorities of GPW13: achieve universal health coverage, address health emergencies and promote healthier populations. The School will inform and discuss how the GPW13 strategic priorities are linked to policies and practices relevant to health and migration at country and regional levels.
Format
The School is an online synchronous learning event delivered on a daily basis for five consecutive days. Synchronous learning requires that participants are present at the same time online. The School has a mixed learning approach including recorded and live components. The daily programme has a duration of 90 minutes, including presentations, panel discussions, interviews from the field and question and answer (Q&A) sessions. The thematic areas presented in the programme each day are:
Day 1: universal health coverage for refugees and migrants
Day 2: healthier refugee and migrant populations
Day 3: health needs and rights of refugees and migrants during emergencies
Day 4: connecting to field operations
Day 5: COVID-19 and the health of refugees and migrants.
In addition, an introductory module including essential concepts and practice of health and
migration is available offline.
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