Danish Refugee Council to collaborate with EUPHAM

We are happy to announce that EUPHAM has made its first steps towards establishing a strong and lively collaboration with an essential partner in the field of migrant health – the Danish Refugee Council. Our project leader, professor Maja Savić-Bojanić held a meeting with Nana Kharbedia, the protection manager at DRC and Dr. Marko Isajlović, medical advisor at DRC at DRC premises in Sarajevo. During the meeting, they discussed the upcoming teaching and practical workshops that will be part of the 1st edition of the EUPHAM module.

We are happy to announce that Ms. Kharbedia and Dr. Isajlović will hold a two-day workshop on April 21-22 as part of the teaching activities focusing on both the social aspect of public health of migrants and medical needs assessment.

Stay tuned for more activities between the two collaborators as we also approach this year’s 1st edition of the EUPHAM summer school.  

EUPHAM Inaugural Conference held at SSST

“Refugees and migrants are entitled to the same universal human rights and fundamental freedoms as all people, which must always be respected, protected and fulfilled” – these are some of the conclusions of today’s Inaugural Conference announcing EUPHAM, the EU Public Health and Migrations Teaching Module by European Union Jean Monnet programme, whose first courses will start by the end of March.

 

Speakers that took part in today’s event are also some of the representatives and policymakers in terms of public health and migrations interrelations and play an important role in spreading the message of necessity in outlining specific strategies and solutions in these areas: prof. Aida Pilav and prof. Sanjin Musa representing the Public Health Institute of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, prof. Fadila Serdarević Harvard University, prof. Mariia Pedenko, International European University in Ukraine, Ms. Ursula Wagner, #IOM-UN Vienna, and Ms. Šejla Keserović, #IOM-BiH.

 

A moving lecture was given by prof. Pedenko, combining her personal experience in war-ridden Ukraine and expert insight to dire needs, humanitarian and health crisis of people on the move. 

 

For all those still considering applying to the Module, the registration is open at www.eupham.org.