Engendering research & reframing policy & public debate on migration and health in South/South East Asia - Kathmandu, Nepal, in April 2019. 

I gave a talk at the Intergovernmental Panel Physicians Training Summit held in Accra in April 2019.  I used the opportunity to engage with panel physicians, and suggest ways in which they can - and, I would argue should - help change the global narrative around migration and health.

The era of Universal Test and Treat requires immediate access to testing and treating for all. Treatment as Prevention - including PreP - programmes require easy and continued access for all. 

"SRHR-HIV Knows No Borders: Improving SRHR-HIV Outcomes for Migrants, Adolescents and Young People and Sex Workers in Migration-Affected Communities in Southern Africa 2016 - 2020"

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