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.

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Dr Santino Severoni, Director, WHO Health and Migration Department, facilitating a session with Ms Claudia Palacios, Master of Ceremony for the Global School, 2024.
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World report on the health of refugees and migrants
This groundbreaking publication outlines current and future opportunities and challenges and provides several strategies to improve the health and well-being...
World report on promoting the health of refugees and migrants: Monitoring progress on the WHO global action plan

The World report on promoting the health of refugees and migrants: Monitoring progress on the WHO global action plan provides the first global baseline...

World report on promoting the health of refugees and migrants: monitoring progress on the WHO global action plan: executive summary

The World report on promoting the health of refugees and migrants: Monitoring progress on the WHO global action plan provides the first global baseline...

Health in immigration detention: evidence brief for policy and practice

Immigration detention poses significant risks to health and well-being, yet its use is increasing globally. Migrants, asylum seekers and other noncitizens...

Refugee and migrant health system review: challenges and opportunities for long-term health system strengthening in Lithuania

Lithuania has experienced a substantial increase in the number of refugees and migrants, particularly following the 2021 Belarus border situation and the...

Health system strengthening interventions to improve the health of displaced and migrant populations in the context of climate change

This is the seventh report in the Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration (GEHM) series. The publication examines how health systems are responding...

Dementia in refugees and migrants: epidemiology, public health implications and global responses

This is the sixth report of the Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration (GEHM) series. The publication examines the challenges faced by older refugees...

WHO global action plan on promoting the health of refugees and migrants, 2019–2030

In 2017, the Seventieth World Health Assembly considered the report on promoting the health of refugees and migrants (A70/24) and the decision of the Executive...

Strengthening health systems to improve the health of displaced and migrant populations in the context of climate change Evidence brief

The WHO Global research agenda on health, migration and displacement identified the health of displaced and migrant populations in the context of climate...

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