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Migrants and refugees are likely to have good general health, but they can be at risk of falling sick in transition or while staying in receiving countries due to poor living conditions or adjustments in their lifestyle. This is the main conclusion of the first “Report on the health of refugees and migrants in the WHO European Region”, released by the WHO Regional Office for Europe today.

News

• Migrants and refugees at higher risk of developing ill health than host populations, reveals first-ever WHO report on the health of displaced people in Europe 21-01-2019
• Portuguese Health Literacy Action Plan helps people to help themselves 18-01-2019
• WHO launches awareness campaign on social inclusion for people with mental disabilities in Turkey 16-01-2019
• Turkey opts for plain packaging of tobacco products 15-01-2019
• Imagining a better world through the SDGs 15-01-2019

Events

• Health literacy as a lever to prevent and control NCDs – workshop in Portugal 17–18 January 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
• Launch of first WHO report on the health of refugees and migrants in the European Region 21 January 2019, 13:00 CET, Geneva, Switzerland
• Autumn School on Health Information and Evidence for Policy-making 28 January–1 February 2019, The Hague, the Netherlands
• WHO Symposium on the Future of Digital Health Systems in the European Region 6–8 February 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Ministerial consultation and high-level technical meeting on the implementation of the Action Plan to Improve Public Health Preparedness and Response in the WHO European Region 12–14 February 2019, Istanbul, Turkey