Santino Severoni
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Director of Health and Migration @WHO. Views are my own. Retweets are not endorsements.
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined September 2011
Migration &displacement shape mental health. Healing should not be a luxury, it is a basic human need. Systems must be prepared to provide safe, accessible and culturally-sensitive care. Thank you @ahmedhankir for sharing your lived experience & inspiring action!.#HealthForAll.
More people than ever now live outside their birth country. 🌍. Some migrate. Some are forced to flee. Each journey leaves its mark, shaping distinct #MentalHealth needs. Equitable, safe, and accessible #HealthForAll is a right, not a privilege. Professor @ahmedhankir
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Robust, inclusive research is effective health policies for migrant & displaced populations. The WHO Global Research Agenda on Health, Migration & Displacement, co-created with 180+ stakeholders, is already driving action & policy impact. Learn more:
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🎬 Join us at WHA78 for a powerful film screening and discussion on Health & Migration! .📅 Friday, 23 May 2025 | 🕥 10:30AM .Featuring 2024 Health for All Film Festival award-winning films:.Journey Beyond the Rubble (Türkiye).Dalal’s Story (Iraq) .#HealthForAll
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🌍 Have you led or supported an initiative that promotes migrant or refugee health?.📢 Share with WHO Health and Migration by June 10 and help shape a global repository of promising practices. 🔗 #HealthForAll
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RT @WHOKenya: This week, @WHO joins the @WorldBank and partners at a regional meeting on mpox response and other health emergencies. The m….
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RT @UNGeneva: "What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also t….
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Thank you #ANENVAC2025 team for spotlighting the need to include refugees & migrants in vaccine research, policy and planning. Many face major barriers to access- achieving #HealthForAll means equitable strategies that leave no one behind. Read more:
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Thanks #WHS2025 & #Lancet for stressing the climate change, migration & health intersections. The estimated 1.2 billion ppl who may face climate-related displacement by 2050 confront rising health risks. Meeting their needs demands integrated, rights-based responses #HealthForAll
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"No woman should be forced to choose between her safety and her right to healthcare. A mother and child’s survival, health and legal identity should not depend on migration status.".
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The first years of life, from birth to a child’s second birthday, are critical for long-term health and development. Access to quality prenatal and postnatal care is essential to ensure safe pregna...
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This #worldhealthday2025 @UNMigNetwork including WHO, reaffirm commitment to ensuring maternal and newborn health for all- regardless of migratory status! Join our call for migrant women's access to life-saving prenatal and postnatal care:
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On World Health Day 2025, the United Nations Network on Migration (UNNM), with the World Health Organization (WHO) as a member of its Executive Committee, reaffirms its commitment to ensuring that...
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Delivered a keynote lecture @UnisanteVD on strategic priorities to advance global refugee and migrant health. Migration shapes public health- partnerships & evidence-informed action are key to building inclusive, resilient health systems. #HealthForAll
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THANK YOU to all partners, speakers & participants of the 2024 Global School on Refugee & Migrant Health in Bogotá🇨🇴. Your contributions made this event truly meaningful. Key highlights: See you at the 2025 School! #HealthForAll.
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The 5th WHO Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health commenced on 2 to 6 December, 2024, and is hosted in Bogotá, Colombia. This hybrid event focuses on "Advancing Universal Health Coverage for...
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📢 Join us for the launch webinar of the latest Global Evidence Review on Health & Migration: Addressing #Dementia in Refugees & Migrants🧠.Hear from experts on key findings, challenges & priority actions.📅 31 March 12–13:30 CET.🔗 Register: #HealthForAll.
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Join WHO on 31 March 2025, for the launch of the sixth Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration (GEHM) report, focusing on dementia among refugees and migrants. This high-level webinar will...
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Inspired by efforts to integrate refugees & migrants into 🇿🇦’s health system! This week WHO Health &Migration @WHOAFRO @WHOSouthAfrica @HealthZA & partners hold the 7th Refugee & Migrant Health System Review & develop a National Research Agenda on Health & Migration #HealthForAll.
@WHO in collaboration with @HealthZA and partners visited health facilities in Gauteng as part of the technical consultations on health, migration & displacement. Engaging with provincial, district & health facility managers as well as health workers provided valuable insights
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I am excited to announce the first of our Global Engagement Webinar series - translating the Global Research Agenda on Health, Migration and Displacement into effective policies, which will take place on 22 January, 2025!. đź”— Register now: #HealthForAll
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The Final Day of the Global School is here! 🗓️.🔑 Today’s focus: UHC during and beyond emergency crises for refugees and migrants. Join us on #HealthForAll #GlobalHealth #Refugees #UniversalHealthCoverage #EquityInHealth
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Join this important dialogue on key approach to ensuring evidence-based and human rights-driven solutions that transform global health policies. 🌍 .or Virtual Campus through the QR.#HealthForAll #GlobalHealth #Refugees #HumanRights #EvidenceBasedPolicy
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Day 3 of the Global School is here! . Today’s focus: Inclusion of Migrants in Comprehensive Health Financing Strategies. Join the livestream: #HealthForAll #InclusiveCare #GlobalHealth #Migration #HealthFinancing
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RT @IFMSA: To strengthen our health systems, we must formalize and empower community health workers! @dianaFrymus emphasized that equitable….
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Thanks to @UniWestScotland @MountKenyaUni for having me speak about strengthening research for policy action to improve #migrants & #refugees health and advance the SDGs @ 8th Annual Conference of the Centre for African Research on Enterprise and Economic Development (CAREED)
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