Certificate ceremony for EUPHAM Summer School participants

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Our EUPHAM Summer School has proudly claimed its first participants!

With yesterday’s lecture on international health regulations and today’s round up of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s complex public health system, EUPHAM has concluded its first summer school edition.

Five days of health care professionals, field workers and academics dealing with migration discussing, along with students, NGO representatives and health workers, the intricacies of current public health policies, with many case studies and real-life examples, trying to grasp what could be the way forward and what are the main challenges for individuals on the move.

Big thank you goes to all our participants for taking part in this important EUPHAM initiative – we have many more milestones to go.

EUPHAM Summer School would not be possible without the dedication and profesionalism of the Danish Refugee Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as representatives from @iom.

Looking forward to next year!

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First Summer School edition underway

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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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Summer School applications open!

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Under the auspices of the Jean Monnet Module on EU Public Health and Migrations (EUPHAM), the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology together with its partner, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is organizing the first Summer School on EU Public Health and Migrations with a special focus on the challenges and experiences by migrants along the Balkan Route.

The Summer School will host 25 participants from all over the world and will offer a forum to discuss relevant issues related to EU public health standards applied in non-EU countries, the lessons learned and the challenges faces. Lectures and field trips will cover the following topics: public health in the EU and Western Balkans; communicable diseases; cultural approaches to vulnerable groups; EU public health and current debates regarding the application of prescribed standards towards migrants and e-health and EU practices.

  • The Summer School aims to:
  • contribute to better academic, professional and media coverage of the new challenges presented with the migration crisis and Covid-19 pandemic in terms of offering knowledge on EU health policy standards and their specific application and meaning for migrants’ health protection in the European Union.
  • offer the knowledge and skills in addressing importance of universal health care for migrants with focus on evidence-based and inclusive policies.
  • To offer information and models for decision makers.

The participation fee is 25 Euros for students and 35 Euros for all other participants. This fee covers one lunch and one coffee break per day, tuition, conference materials, and field trips in and around the city of Sarajevo.

Who should participate?

  • BA, MA and PhD students of medicine or social sciences who wish to acquire competitive personal competence beneficial for their future careers in academia or in practice-oriented professions;
  • Members of civil society organizations, practitioners;
  • Public servants working with migrants, decision-makers;
  • Everyone who is interested in in migrations, public health, EU health policy and vulnerable groups.

Please send the completed application form with a letter of intent no later than July 10, 2022 at 23:59 to jasmina.bajramovic@ssst.edu.ba and maja.savic@ssst.edu.ba

The application form is available here.

 

EUPHAM Summer school

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EUPHAM summer schools will be following the Module’s acitivity as separate non-teaching events. Events will be open to local and international students majoring in medicine or political science, as well as other interested applicants including government and/or civil society workers.

The lecture activities will be organized during first five days, day six being a simulation activity for participants. External guest lecturers as field experts, besides EUPHAM engaged professionals, will also be participating.

Tentative dates for both events are planned for July 2022 and 2023.

 

All information coming soon.