What is the evidence on the continuum of care for noncommunicable disease management during migration cycles?
To address this policy question and to support evidence-informed policymaking and interventions, the WHO Health and Migration Programme (PHM) is launching the second report of the Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration (GEHM) series – the GEHM on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The report explores the possible enhanced vulnerability of migrants and refugees due to limited access to health care services during the migration cycle, resulting in potential increased morbidity and mortality. It provides an analytical review of the global published evidence on migration and NCDs and examines the existence of health policies and practices in health systems, enabling migrants and refugees to access the health care they need for NCDs. The publication also provides an overview of barriers and gaps in ensuring the necessary continuum of care for NCDs.
PHM partnered with the Departments of Noncommunicable Diseases, Quality Assurance Norms and Standards and WHO Regional Offices to develop this product through a review of existing and accessible grey and peer-review literature towards a set of policy considerations to support evidence-informed policymaking.
Launched on 17 June 2021 with the first report of the series – Refugees and migrants in times of COVID-19: mapping trends of public health and migration policies and practices – the GEHM series is an evidence-informed normative product to respond to policy questions on migration-related public health priorities. The GEHM series also addresses knowledge gaps and proposes policy considerations on the health status and health policies related to refugees and migrants by summarizing the best available evidence worldwide.
Audience
The event is open to everyone but is particularly aimed at high level policymakers, including ministries of health, health sector managers, academic institutions and other key stakeholders.
Agenda
High level session
Chair – Dr Santino Severoni, Director, Health and Migration Programme (PHM), WHO
Opening remarks
- Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, Deputy Director-General, WHO
- Video message by H.E. Ambassador Taeho Lee, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva
- Video message by H.E. Ambassador Tine Mørch Smith, Permanent Representative of Norway
- Dr Minghui Ren, Assistant Director-General, Division of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases, WHO
Technical session
Chair – Rifat Hossain, Technical Officer on Data and Evidence, PHM, WHO
Strategic importance of evidence products for policy making for refugees and migrants
- Dr Santino Severoni, Director, PHM, WHO
- Dr Bente Mikkelsen, Director, Noncommunicable Diseases, WHO
GEHM on Non-communicable diseases
- Introduction: Dr Palmira Immordino, PHM, WHO
- Findings: Prof Jiho Cha, Humanitarian Studies, Artificial Intelligence and Global Health, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
- Open discussion facilitated by Dr Chaza Akik, Assistant Research Professor, Center for Research on Population and Health, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
- Closing remarks: Dr Santino Severoni, Director, PHM, WHO