Health and Migration Programme

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.

The Global Health and Migration Programme brings together the three levels of the organization (Headquarters, Regional Offices, Country Offices) and works across WHO’s Triple Billion targets to secure the health rights of refugees and migrants and achieve universal health coverage. To this end, the Programme has five core functions: to provide global leadership, high-level advocacy, coordination and policy on health and migration; to set norms and standards to support decision‐making; to monitor trends, strengthen health information systems and promote tools and strategies; to provide specialized technical assistance, response, and capacity-building support to address public health challenges associated with human mobility; and to promote global multilateral action and collaboration.

The Programme will contribute to the implementation at all levels of the WHO Global Action Plan: Promoting the Health of Refugees and Migrants, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the 13th Programme of Work and the global compacts on refugees and migration. It will work with the United Nations Network for Migration and other agencies to ensure effective, timely and coordinated system-wide support to Member States in the provision of access to basic services for migrants.

Our team

Candelaria Araoz

Technical Officer