The slides from my keynote lecture at the CESSMIR Conference on Needs and Care Practices for Refugees and Migrants can be found here. Some snapshots below. Basically, I argue that we need to be careful with our language/discourses and we need to think about: Why we care about migration & health: what are we advocating … Continue reading Global migration and health governance: opportunities and dangers
Here's an input I made at the CESSMIR Conference on Needs and Care Practices for Refugees and Migrants held at the University of Ghent in September 2018. I was concerned about the lack of engagement with non-EU contexts, and the limited discussions associated with our responsibility to challenge dangerous discourses when engaging on issues associated … Continue reading Damaging discourses: why meanings matter in migration & health research, advocacy, and action
Join the global Migration, Health, and Development Research Initiative! More here. The global Migration, Health, and Development Research Initiative aims to advance evidence-informed global migration health policies and practices (through the unique international migration health researchers’ collaboration) that will improve the health and wellbeing of people and communities affected by migration. In 2016, the Migration Health Division (MHD) of … Continue reading MHADRI – the Migration, Health, and Development Research Initiative
The 'final draft' has now been published and health is referenced in several different paragraphs, including the call for member states to: Incorporate the health needs of migrants in national and local health care policies and plans, such as by strengthening capacities for service provision, facilitating affordable and non-discriminatory access, reducing communication barriers, and training … Continue reading Global Compact for Migration – final draft
I coordinate a MA module on migration and health in Southern Africa at Wits University. The latest (2018) course outline can be found here. During the course, we reflect on the state of global scholarship on migration and health. Drawing on the course readings, seminar discussions, and wider reading, students are asked to develop an essay … Continue reading MA course on migration and health in southern Africa
I'm currently participating in the Future Earth Health Regional Knowledge-Action Network is currently taking place at the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Xiamen, China. The urban health and wellbeing - systems approach - programme of the International Council for Science - explores the ways in which the urban context intersects with multiple … Continue reading Future Earth Knowledge Network: urban health
Last week, I made an input at the 2017 Global Forum on Bioethics satellite session on the ethics of research with refugee and migrant populations. My presentation reflected on 'hidden spaces' and heath for all.
I'm a member of MHADRI - the Migration, Health and Development Research Initiative. IOM is the secretariat of this new network that is working to bring together researchers working on migration and health globally. In 2016, the Migration Health Division (MHD) of the International Organization for Migration, in partnership with several academic institutions and researchers … Continue reading MHADRI – Migration, Health and Development Research Initiative
Following a meeting held in London earlier this year, we published a comment in the Lancet: A global research agenda on migration and health. With 1 billion people on the move globally—more than 244 million of whom have crossed international borders1—and a recognised need to strengthen efforts towards universal health coverage,2 developing a better understanding of … Continue reading A global research agenda on migration and health
TOWARDS MIGRATION-AWARE RESPONSES TO HEALTH IN SOUTH AFRICA: AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS INEQUITY IN HEALTH? [in press] South African Health Review 2017 – supplementary files Jo Vearey1, Moeketsi Modisenyane2,3 and Jo Hunter-Adams4 1 African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), University of the Witwatersrand 2 National Department of Health, Directorate: International Health Development and Support 3 … Continue reading A review of migration and health – seven key findings for SA [SAHR 2017]
Towards migration-aware responses to health in South Africa: an opportunity to address inequity in health? [in press] South African Health Review 2017 - supplementary files Jo Vearey1, Moeketsi Modisenyane2,3 and Jo Hunter-Adams4 1 African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), University of the Witwatersrand 2 National Department of Health, Directorate: International Health Development and Support … Continue reading Participant observation: involvement in migration and health policy processes [SAHR 2017]
Colombo Statement - released on Thursday 23rd February as part of the 2nd Global Consultation on Migrant Health. We, the Ministers and Government Representatives[1], meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 23rd February 2017 at the High-Level meeting of the 2nd Global Consultation on Migrant Health, hosted by the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic … Continue reading Colombo Statement on Migrant Health
