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.
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