Event description
The Lancet Migration European Regional Hub hosted a lunchtime session on the launch day of The Lancet Regional Health-Europe Series on Addressing migration and health inequity in Europe at the 2024 Geneva Health Forum. This Series was co-chaired by Professor Bernadette Kumar and Professor Karl Blanchet, co-Chairs of the Lancet Migration European Regional Hub. Dr Pooja Jha, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Regional Health- Europe will introduce the Series. Professor Kumar and Professor Blanchet, and Professor Hargreaves presented various papers within the Series. The themes span widely – from vaccine equity to racism and discrimination, and universal health coverage. There was an opportunity at the end of the presentations to engage in a lively discussion about the current state of health equity research, policy and practice among refugee and migrant groups in Europe and sharing of good practices for an equitable way forward.
Read also the interview (in French) of Prof. Karl Blanchet in the University of Geneva Journal ( leJournal de l’UNIGE).
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