Second high-level interregional meeting on the health of refugees and migrants

Sharm El Sheikh, 18 March 2023 – Amid the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in the Syrian Arab Republic and Türkiye over a month ago, as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine now past its one-year mark, 3 WHO regional offices this week brought together governments, civil society and health partners in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the second high-level meeting on the health of refugees and migrants – a timely gathering to ensure that refugees and migrants have access to health care across the migration route during emergencies and beyond.  Hosted by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, along with WHO’s African and European regions, with support from WHO’s Health and Migration Programme, the objective of this meeting is to move forward the implementation of strategic priorities agreed at last year’s high-level meeting on refugee and migrant health in Türkiye, through interregional collaboration as part of a whole-of-route approach. It will also reaffirm commitment to the "WHO Global Action Plan on Promoting the Health of Refugees and Migrants", as well as sharing specific advances in promoting the health of refugees and migrants in the three regions.  Encompassing a total of 122 countries and territories, the 3 WHO regions have witnessed or otherwise been impacted by large-scale migration and population displacement stemming from diverse factors in recent years, both within their territories and beyond. This year marks 12 years ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news