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. 2018 Jul 19;21(Suppl Suppl 4):e25137. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25137

Table 1.

An overview of key global and regional migration and health policy processes (expanded on from 3, 12)

Year Process
2003 WHO publishes International Migration, Health and Human Rights 54
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Position Paper on Psychosocial and Mental Well‐Being of Migrants 55
2004 Migrant health for the benefit of all MC/INF/275 56
2006 African Union Executive Council. 2006. African Common Position on Migration and Development 32
African Union Executive Council. 2006. The Migration Policy Framework for Africa 57
2009 Draft 2009 declaration on population mobility and communicable diseases and associated financing model (Southern African Development Community (SADC)) 40 (Oxford Policy Management, unpublished work)
2008 WHA Resolution 61.17 on the Health of Migrants 58
2010 2010 1st Global Consultation: The Health of Migrants – the Way Forward Madrid, Spain, 3 to 5 March 2010 28
SADC HIV Cross Border Initiative 41
2012 TB in the Mines (TIMS) 59 and SADC TB in the mines 42
2015 IOM 106th Council Session: 26th Nov 2015, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Advancing The Unfinished Agenda Of Migrant Health For The Benefit Of All – C/106/INF/15 5

  • High‐level Panel Discussion on Migration, human mobility and global health: a matter for diplomacy and intersectional partnership 6

2016 UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: 9th May 2016 – High‐level Meeting on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants
  • Report of the Secretary‐General: In Safety and Dignity: Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants 60

69th World Health Assembly: 27th May 2016
  • Technical Briefing on Migration and Health 61

  • Promoting the Health of Migrants. Report from the Secretariat 62

UN General Assembly High‐level Meeting to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants: 22nd Sept 2016
  • Side Event Report – Health in the Context of Migration and Forced Displacement 63

3rd October 2016: New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 September 2016 7
Leaving no one behind: the imperative of inclusive development Report on the World Social Situation 2016 64
2017 January 2017 – 140th Session of the WHO Executive Board of the World Health
  • Noted the WHO Secretariat report on Promoting the health of migrants 62

  • Adopted Decision EB140 9 – Promoting the health of refugees and migrants 65

February 2017: 2nd Global Consultation – Health of Migrants: Resetting the Agenda 3
17th May 2017:
  • WHO Input to the 70th World Health Assembly – Draft framework of priorities and guiding principles. A70/24 66

70th World Health Assembly – 30th May 2017
  • Adoption of WHA Resolution 70.15 Promoting the Health of Refugees and Migrants 67

Global Compact Process
  • IOM Thematic Paper: The Health Of Migrants: A Core Cross‐Cutting Theme 68

IOM Migration Health Division – Thematic Paper Series
  • MIGRATION HEALTH IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: “Leave No One Behind” in an increasingly mobile society 25

2018 142nd WHO Executive Board Meeting
71st World Health Assembly
109th IOM Council Global
  • Compact on Refugees

  • Global Compact on Safe, Regular and Orderly Migration

2019 144th WHO Executive Board session
72nd World health Assembly
  • WHO Draft Global Action Plan on the Health of Refugees and Migrants to be submitted for consideration

2030 UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 26