The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of the inclusion of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in country and regional preparedness, response and recovery plans. However, most countries responded with restrictive migration measures and a limited consideration for migrants’ health needs. A group of multi-disciplinary researchers from Mexico, Colombia and Perú, in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health and the Lancet Commission on Migration and Health, sought to explore how health systems have responded towards these mobile populations in three countries of Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic. This report launch and dialogue offer the opportunity to explore opportunities, challenges, promising practices and innovative solutions towards migrant and refugee inclusion and access to healthcare in Latin America during the pandemic.
Moderator:
Dr. Paul Spiegel, Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, USA; Lancet Migration
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Ietza Bojorquez, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico
Dr. Andrés Cubillos-Novella, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Dr. Juan Arroyo-Laguna, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Perú, Perú
Dr. Luis Alberto Martinez-Juarez, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
***This webinar will be in English with subtitles. Another webinar, date to be determined, will be in Spanish.
Click here for the report.
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