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WHO Collaborating Center on Health and Migration Evidence and Capacity Building

In May 2023 the World Health Organization has re-designated the Department for International Relations, Relation with Regions and project cycle management of the National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty - INMP as WHO Collaborating Center on Health and Migration Evidence and Capacity Building. The first designation, achieved in 2018 and lasted until April 2023, has been highly fruitful in terms of evidence production and capacity building, also leading to the INMP significant collaboration in the publishing of the first World report on the health of refugees and migrants. Evidence and capacity-building activities of health professionals, researchers and governments will also be the focus of the renewed collaboration, which, from now on, will have not solely a European but a global scope, in close connection with the Health and Migration Programme of WHO. The new re-designation will end on 30 April 2027, unless the redesignation has been approved by WHO before that date.

The terms of collaboration agreed with WHO are as follows:

Terms of Reference:

1. To support WHO in the production of a World Report on the health of refugees and migrants
2. To support WHO in the promotion of migrant health competencies and capacities of healthcare workers, researchers and institutions in Member States

Subjects:

1. Health information; statistics; measurement & trend assessment
2. Research policy & development
3. Health systems research & development

Types of activity:

1. Collection and collation of information
2. Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.)
3. Training and education

WHO Outputs:

1.1.3 - Countries enabled to strengthen their health systems to address population-specific health needs and barriers to equity across the life course
1.1.5 - Countries enabled to strengthen their health and care workforce
4.1.3 - Strengthened evidence base, prioritization and uptake of WHO generated norms and standards and improved research capacity and the ability to effectively and sustainably scale up innovations, including digital technology, in countries

More details are available on WHO Collaborating Centres global database 

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WHO CC Activities

Evidence production		Capacity building		Training and education		WHO CC Network
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WHO CC Focus on

		The first WHO World Report on the health of refugees and migrants has been released The first World Report on the health of refugees and migrants, launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the framework of the WHO Health and Migration Programme, has been published. The Report brings together the available evidence on the health challenges faced by migrants and refugees in the migration route and in countries of transit and arrival in the six WHO Regions (Africa, Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia, Americas, and Western Pacific), highlighting good practices in place and further policies and actions to be implemented for health of migrants and refugees to be protected worldwide. Read more >>
		Collection and integration of data on refugee and migrant health in the WHO European Region (2021) This technical guidance outlines current evidence, knowledge and best practice relating to the integration of migration health data into national health information systems. It highlights key principles, summarizes priority actions and challenges, maps existing international commitments and frameworks and provides practical policy considerations for promoting collection and integration of migration health data. Read more >>
		Strategies and interventions on preventing and responding to violence and injuries among refugees and migrants (2020) This technical guidance outlines current evidence, knowledge and best practice relating to incidences of violence and injuries among refugees and migrants in the WHO European Region. It highlights key principles, summarizes priority actions and challenges, maps existing international commitments and frameworks and provides practical policy considerations for preventing and responding to such challenges. Read more >>