Summer is in full swing, as is our European Public Health and Migrations Summer School! 

Medicine and political science students, migrant health workers and PhD candidates participated to this intense five-day course, ending tomorrow with the certificates for all attendees. 

Offering a unique introspective view to the policy implications, humanitarian hazards, geopolitical context, individual case studies of endangered groups and interactive games providing a real, yet frightening perspective of sacrifices it takes to cross the border, first edition of EUPHAM Summer School completes the first year of extremely successful EUPHAM Jean Monnet Module, under the auspices of the Erasmus+ European Union program. Gathering academics, as well as educated and experienced field workers deeply involved in the current Bosnian-Herzegovinian national and international immigrant situation and context, summer school lectures and discussions were all about establishing facts, shifting stereotypes and raising awareness of the continuing health and humanitarian migrant crisis challenging capacities of B-H health institutions, with policy concerns and lack of sustainable state initiative raised. 

Field trip to migrant camp in Blazuj, as well as a moving and educational visit to the War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo still resonates with all participants – on an arduous and often lethal journey people on the move go through, and deep psychological traces of war trauma to an individual. 

Kudos to our friends and partners from the Danish Refugee Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina for their professional insights, lectures and help, as well as the colleagues from the International Organization for Migrations Bosnia-Herzegovina for sharing their knowledge with our participants.

Still an exciting two days to go!

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