The Big Questions in Forced Displacement and Health

What are the similarities and differences in the health needs of forcibly displaced populations and host communities? What are the best approaches to identify, prioritize, plan, and deliver health services to both host communities and displaced populations? What are the most cost-efficient ways to finance these health services? These questions and more were highlighted at an event presenting the findings of the Big Questions in Forced Displacement and Health, a global study of health systems in forced displacement contexts.

In the panel discussion, comprised of experts from around the world, discussants examined the policy implications of the study’s findings, with examples from country case studies Bangladesh, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Jordan. 

Download the presentations:

• Building the Evidence. Health System Strengthening in Situations of Protracted Displacement
• UK Government - UNCHR - World Bank. Building the Evidence on Protracted Forced Displacement

Last Updated: Jan 11, 2024

Maria Dimitriadou, Special Representative to the WTO and UN, World Bank

Marian Schilperoord, Deputy Director, Division of Resilience and Solutions, UNHCR

Paolo Verme, Lead Economist, World Bank

Monette Zard, Allan Rosenfield Associate Professor of Forced Migration and Health; Director, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Claire Greene, Assistant Professor, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Wu Zeng, Associate Professor and Research Director, Department of International Health, Georgetown University

Arturo Harker Roa, Director, IMAGINA Research Center, Associate Professor, School of Government, Universidad de los Andes

Fouad M. Fouad, Associate Professor of Practice, Faculty of Health and Science & Co-Chair Director of the Refugee Health Program, Global Health Initiative, American University of Beirut 

Leslie Roberts, Professor Emeritus, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Fernando Xavier Montenegro Torres, Senior Economist, World Bank

Mike Woodman, Senior Public Health Officer, UNHCR

Santino Severoni, Director of the Global Health and Migration Program, Office of the Deputy Director-General, WHO