Please join us for the release of the UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move. A light lunch will be provided from 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM, followed by presentations and discussions.
12:00-12:30pm
Arrival & Lunch
12:30-1:30pm
Discussion of the UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move
With Commissioners:
- Terry McGovern, JD – Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Len Rubenstein, JD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Paul Spiegel, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
1:30-3:00pm
Migration and Health-Particular challenges in the US Context
Speakers:
- Alan Shapiro, MD – Terra Firma ;Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Goleen Samari, PhD – Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Fernando Garcia – Border Network for Human Rights
Moderated by:
- Monette Zard – Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
The Commission
The UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health, to be published in December 2018, addresses one of the defining issues of our time. The Commission presents evidence based approaches to inform public discourse and policy to address migration as a global health priority, and proposes recommendations for maximising the health of all people on the move.
The Commission is an independent group of academics, policymakers, and health system experts with experience across the world to review current knowledge and producing new empirical work and policy recommendations on the role of migration on health. The report takes an inter-disciplinary approach to the appraisal of information and data and the presentation of recommendations including sociological, political, legal, epidemiological, humanitarian and anthropological perspectives.
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Vision
The UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health encourages analysis of the global narrative of migration and health by viewing population mobility as an asset to global health. Through addressing the research and policy gaps in the most important topics in migration and health we have produced recommendations on improving the health and livelihoods of migrants.
We believe that this is a unique opportunity to address the important topic of migration and health, not only from a public health perspective but using a broader public policy lens in order to truly have long term impact on the many of the broader determinants of migrant health.
