WS 09 - Migration and Global Health Policy

The arrival of migrants from different cultures has been and continues to be a major challenge to healthcare systems in receiving countries. In particular, healthcare providers in those countries have to take into account in their daily work questions of diversity and identity in relation to their own cultural practices. This can also lead to a clash of values not least in relation to gender. Questions of perception and attitudes from both sides represent a particular challenge within the framework of globalization. This workshop aims at a taking stock of different experiments in different regions and countries having had to deal with the integration of substantial numbers of migrants. A global comparison might lead to practical conclusions for public health policies.