GLOBAL HEALTH, DIPLOMACY AND NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE MIGRATION
AND PUBLIC HEALTH GLOBALLY, we are in the midst of the highest levels
of human displacement on record. According to WHO [1], ‘there are an
estimated 1 billion migrants in the world today of whom 258 million
are international migrants and 763 million internal migrants – one
in seven of the world’s population. According to the UNHCR [2] ‘an
unprecedented 65.6 million people around the world have been forced
from home. Among them are nearly 22.5 million refugees, over half of
whom are under the age of 18 … nearly 20 people are forcibly
displaced every minute as a result of conflict or persecution’. The
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF MIGRATION REGIONALLY AND GLOBALLY ARE
SIGNIFICANT. The WHO Constitution of 1948 establishes the right of
everyone to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and
mental HEALTH. Similarly, international human rights standards and
conventions exist to protect the protect the rights of migrants and
refugees, including their right to HEALTH. The focus of this year’s
CONFERENCE IS ON MIGRATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Understanding the
drivers shaping MIGRATION AND CONTRIBUTING TO REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN
AND PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS ARE KEY TO DESIGNING STRATEGIES THAT SUPPORT
GLOBAL HEALTH AND NATIONAL SECURITY. The CONFERENCE TRACKS WITHIN
THE MIGRATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH THEME INCLUDE: Conflict and MIGRATION
CLIMATE CHANGE AND MIGRATION RELIGION AND MIGRATION POLITICS OF
MIGRATION MIGRATION RELATED DISEASE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS
SOCIAL VULNERABILITY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES [1]
https://www.who.int/migrants/en/ [https://www.who.int/migrants/en/]
[2] https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/figures-at-a-glance.html
[https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/figures-at-a-glance.html] The symposium
is being presented in collaboration with the following University of
South Florida organizations: Center for Strategic & Diplomatic
Studies, USF Health, College of Public Health, College of Arts and
Sciences Agenda Featured speakers: Abinash Achrekar MD, MPH, Deputy
Secretaty, New Mexico Department of Health Special thanks to our
sponsors: TBD
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