Expert Meeting on Migrants’ and Refugees’ Health

June 23-24, 2017, Sapienza University of Rome

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Description:

The expert meeting on Migrants’ and Refugees’ Health covered all aspects of migration related health issues.

Hosts:

  • Sapienza University of Rome

in cooperation with:

  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • University of Geneva
  • University of Montreal
  • Centre Virchow-Villermé for Public Health Paris-Berlin
  • Université Sorbonne Paris Cité

Date and Venue:   

June 23, 2pm – June 24, 2pm

“Aula Organi Collegiali”
Rectorate Building
Sapienza University of Rome
P.le Aldo Moro 5, Rome

Session format:

Initial statements of each speaker (max. 15min) followed by group discussions

Participants:

Participant list

Speakers:

  • Antoine Flahault (Chair)
    - Centre Virchow-Villermé for Public Health Paris-Berlin
    - Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
    - Institute of Global Health, Geneva University, Switzerland
  • Luciano Saso (Chair)
    - Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • Valery Ridde
    - Université de Montréal, Canada
    Topic: “The health and access to care of uninsured migrants in Montreal”
  • Anneliese Depoux
    - Centre Virchow-Villermé for Public Health Paris-Berlin
    - Université Sorbonne Paris Cité and GRIPIC, France
    - Université Paris Sorbonne-CELSA, France
    Topic: “Migration as an adaptation strategy: what is the echo in the press? A comparison of French and German newspapers“
  • Detlev Ganten
    - World Health Summit
  • Francois Gemenne
    - University of Liege and Sciences Po Paris, France
    - Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
    Topic: “The Anthropcene and its victims. Migration policies and climate politics in a warmer world“
  • Alexander Krämer
    - Bielefeld University, Germany
    Topic: "Global migration and the metamorphosis of the world"
  • Aline Philibert
    - Université de Québec à Montréal, Canada
    - Centre Virchow-Villermé for Public Health Paris-Berlin
    - Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
    Topic: “Accommodating migration to promote sustainable adaptation to climate change”
  • Axel Pries
    - Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Joachim Seybold
    - Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
    Topic: “Refugee Medicine Berlin: Challenges and new concepts”
  • Walter Ricciardi
    - Instituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
  • Christina Zarowsky
    - Université de Montréal, Canada
    Topic: “Health systems, contested migration and social inclusion: what we can learn from South Africa”
  • Maurizio Marceca
    - Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
    - Italian Society of Migration Medicine (S.I.M.M.)
    Topic: "Promoting and protecting the health of migrants in the Italian experience: lights and shadows"
  • Salvatore Geraci
    - Italian Society of Migration Medicine (S.I.M.M.)
    - Caritas Health Area, Rome, Italy
  • Anna Paola Massetti
    - Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
    Topic: “Health profile of migrants living in Rome as asylum seekers, refugees or undocumented migrants. Most frequent diagnoses, social determinants, and access to care”
  • Santino Severoni
    - WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark

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