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Migration Health and Development Research Initiative (MHADRI) Global Network Member Meeting
28 – 29 September, 2017 | Colombo, Sri Lanka Venue: Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo
“In a world where migration has catalysed divisive fissures in society…we need to be guided by evidence, not uninformed opinion in
planning policies and interventions. We need to be guided by science and pragmatism, not fear and misinformation...” – Ambassador William Lacy Swing, Director General, IOM.
MHADRI meeting Group Photo
Standing from left: Paul Douglas, Kamran Abbasi, Dominik Zenner, Denise Spitzer, Court Robinson, Sharika Peiris, Susie Perera, Renuka Jayatissa, Dee Knipe, Anjali Borradhe, Usula Trummer, Charles Hui;
Kneeling from left: Kol Wickramage, Kevin Pottie, Anthony Zwi, Paul Bukuluki, Joel Buenaventura and Teck Chuan
Voo. Absent in photo: Waleed M. Sweileh.
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Background and Objectives
Migration Health and Development Research Initiative (MHADRI) was launched in 2016 with the aim of building a global network of research scholars devoted to: Advancing inter-disciplinary research at the nexus of health and migration; Promoting global research collaborations; Producing high-quality quantitative and qualitative evidence reviews; Disseminating research findings; Catalyzing innovations and scientific debate/inquiry. In doing so, the network seeks to advance evidence-based global migration health policies and practices that will ultimately improve the health and wellbeing of migrants and communities affected by migration. Since its inception, MHADRI network members have contributed to international policy forums on advancing migration health
and whose expertise has been utilized by intergovernmental agencies and national governments to provide technical review and catalyse research. The informal network has grown rapidly in size and scale over the past 12 months to encompass 87 scholars representing all regions of the world and across a multiplicity of academic disciplines. At this critical juncture in the evolution of the global scholar’s network, there is a need to refine/redefine the network’s governance structure, membership, operational framework, work plan and finance mechanisms. This meeting will have the following core objectives:
To (re)define or refine MHADRI network vision, mission, governance structure, membership and operational dynamics
To formulate a 2018 MHADRI work plan
To develop a joint scientific publication BMJ Migration Health Series Meeting organizers: Dr. K. Wickramage, Prof. C. Hui, Prof. K. Pottie
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Agenda
MHADRI Global Network Member Meeting 28 – 29 September, 2017 | Colombo, Sri Lanka
Venue: The Gregory Room, Hotel Taj Samudra, Colombo:
Day 1 (28th September 2017) Moderator for Day 1: Prof. Chuck Hui (University of Ottawa) Scribe Day 1: Dr Joel Buenaventura (Department of Health, Philippines)
Session 1
9am 90 min
Welcome
Remembrance of Assoc. Prof. Chesmal Siriwardana (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and MHADRI founding member)
Round Table Introductions of participants, Reflections on questions (Prof. Chuck Hui)
*4-5 min for each participant
10.30am 20 min
Opening Presentation: “Migration health as a global health agenda, and the importance of research evidence in driving policy and practice at national, regional and global levels” - Dr Davide Mosca, Director of Migration Health Department, International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
10 min Group Discussion
11 am 15 mins
Meeting Aims and Objectives
Presentation: “Development of MHADRI network, outcomes, achievements and lessons learnt since inception” – Dr Kol Wickramage, Global Migration Health Research and Epidemiology Coordinator (IOM)
11.15 am Tea/coffee break -15 mins
Session 2
11.30 am 30 mins
Scientific Presentation: “Bibliometric analysis of migration and health research in peer-reviewed literature (2000 - 2016) - What can we learn from the current state of evidence?” - Prof. Waleed M. Sweileh (An-Najah National University, Palestine)
15 mins General Discussion on findings from Bibliometric analysis
12.15 pm 30 mins
Paper Presentation: “Advancing the Global Health Research Agenda” – Outcomes of the Research Expert Group from the 2nd Global Consultation in Migration Health - Prof A.Zwi (University of New South Wales) and Prof. C. Robinson (JHU)
15 mins Group Discussion
1.00 pm Lunch (60 mins)
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Session 3
2.00 pm 40 mins
Presentation: “Advancing research within migration and health programs at global level and opportunities for MHADRI network” – Dr Kol Wickramage, Global Migration Health Research and Epidemiology Coordinator (IOM)
20 mins Group Discussion
3.00 pm 30 mins
Presentation: “Experiences and lessons in building evidence based public health guidelines and research networks and the opportunities/challenges in harnessing such networks for advancing global research agenda on migration and health” - Prof Kevin Pottie (University of Ottawa, Bruyere Research Institute)
30 mins Group Discussion
4.00 pm Tea/coffee break -15 mins
Session 4
4.00 pm 15 mins
Presentation – models for organizational structure (Prof Hui) MHADRI structure
4.45am 90 mins
Group work (Dr Trummer/Prof Hui): MHADRI structure vision/mission
5.30pm Summary of Day 1 by Moderator, Outline Objectives for Day 2 (discuss “game show” for group discussion)
5.45 pm Close of Day 1
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DAY 2 (29th September 2017)
Moderator for Day 2: Assoc. Prof Paul Douglas (Assistant Secretary, Health Policy and
Performance Branch, Australia) Scribe Day 2: Dr Duleeka Knipe (University of Bristol)
Session 4
(Group Photo will be taken prior to start of session)
9am 15 min
Moderator summarize key highlights/outputs of day 1 and outline the goals for day 2
9.15 am 60 min
Group work (Dr Joel/Prof Pottie) Governance
membership
Communication strategy/MHADRI portal
Funding for network meetings at regional/global level
10.15am 30 min
Presentation: “The British Medical Journal/IOM Migration Health Series”: Scope, research domains/questions, timeline - Professor Kamran Abbasi, (Executive editor of BMJ) and Dr Kol Wickramage (IOM)
Tea/coffee break -10 mins
90 mins Group Feedback and Discussion on the BMJ/IOM “Migration Health Series” – scope, research domains, research questions, draft action plan for the series (e.g. appointing thematic leads, timelines, etc.)
12.00 pm Lunch (60 mins)
Session 6
Formulating MHADRI network WORK PLAN 2018
1.00 pm 90 mins
“Migration Health Game Show” Judges: Prof Bukuluki, Dr Zenner, Dr Jayatissa Host: Prof Hui Group discussion: Round table of project ideas/proposals for MHADRI by members
Outline of each project idea vetted in terms of scope, feasibility, costs, scientific merit etc.
2.30 pm Tea/coffee break -10 mins
2.45 pm 90 mins
Formulating MHADRI network WORK PLAN 2018 - Prof Spitzer Group discussion: Group discussion/building consensus on projects, prioritization, formulating
roles/leads, work plan for 2018
Upcoming Scientific Conferences/workshops
4.15pm Brief Summary of Day 2 by Moderator
4.30pm Way Forward and Closing Remarks – Dr Kol Wickramage, IOM-MHD.
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Minutes of Meeting: Individual Presentations
Session 1 Prof. Hui, meeting chair, welcomed the attendees and paid tribute to the work of the late Assoc. Prof. Chesmal Siriwardana of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and MHADRI founding member. Hs tireless efforts in building the network and for his outstanding scholarship in the domain of migration and mental health was highlighted. Prof. Hui recognized the annual lecture series on Global mental health held in Prof. Chesmal’s honour at the LSHTM and a dedicated Section within IOMs Research Bulletin Publication. Future plans will be made by MHADRI membership to honour the memory Prof. Chesmal.
Round Table Introductions of participants revealed the diverse backgrounds and extensive migration health research experience and expertise of members present. Reflections on members not present (via the MHADRI portal) were also made showing the depth and coverage.
Presentation: “Migration health as a global health agenda, and the importance of research evidence in driving policy and practice at national, regional and global levels” - Dr Davide Mosca, Director of Migration Health Division of IOM, the UN migration agency, connected via Skype link from Geneva and highlighted the critical importance of building a truly global research network as a conduit for advancing the migration health agenda. He mentioned the key outcomes of the Global Consultation (GC2) held in February 2017, where Member states, UN agencies, academia and civil society groups and development partners iterated the need for a dedicated migration health research network. He reaffirmed IOM’s commitment in supporting MHADRI in partnership with academia and global partners.
Development of MHADRI network, outcomes, achievements and lessons learnt since inception – Dr Kol Wickramage, Global Migration Health Research and Epidemiology Coordinator (IOM) emphasized that studying the health of migrants residing within and crossing national borders, across diverse linguistic and cultural gradients and with differing legal status pose challenges for evidence generation. Academia have a key role to play in advancing the MH agenda by furthering research at the nexus of human mobility and health, encouraging the exchange of research findings, develop methodologies/tools and enhancing technical training/capacities for capturing MH data. However, evidence to policy making works best if research is undertaken is linked to national/regional/global policy making. This requires meaningful partnerships between authorities, researchers, academic institutes, journals, development partners and relevant research trusts and philanthropic foundations. Funding streams and global calls for research in the field of MH research remain scarce and not prioritized. There is a need to ‘take stock’ of current research evidence, identify gaps and better organize a global research agenda on migration health. Kol highlighted some of the key achievement of the network in terms of member contributions at high-level MH policy forums and conferences such as the GC2 and to provide expert input for the formation of national guidelines. He highlighted the role of IOM is supporting network as a secretariat function, building the membership portal and the opportunities/role of IOM’s Regional Thematic Specialists and migration health programs in being able to harness MHADRI research, as well as other agencies.
Session 2 Scientific Presentation: “Bibliometric analysis of migration and health research in peer-reviewed literature (2000 - 2016) - What can we learn from the current state of evidence?” - Prof. Waleed M. Sweileh (An-Najah National University, Palestine) presented the results of the analysis and discussed the findings. Briefly: The number of retrieved documents was 21,457. This first ever bibliometric analysis of the peer-reviewed literature on migration health provides novel findings useful for policy makers, researchers and funders interested in advancing an evidence-based migration and health research agenda. First, migration health research is a fast growing area of scientific activity and parallels the rising number of international migrants around the world. However, the research map in terms of populations and issues studied does not parallel current global migration patterns. For instance there was an under-presentation of literature on migrant workers and their left-behind families despite this being the largest group, comprising nearly 50% of the 244 million international migrants. Little is also known of the health status of irregular migrants, however, research on refugees and asylum seekers have considerable coverage in terms of original scientific research. Much of migration health research is Eurocentric, focusing on problems there. Research in Asian countries, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, and Eastern European countries has been relatively low despite the significant migration flows within these regions. Bulk of the research is also on mental health, PTSD and trauma, violence and women’s health. More research is needed on non-communicable and communicable diseases pertaining to the needs of international migrants and affected communities. International research collaborations and research networks are needed - meaningful engagement and support capacities for researchers in the Global South – where some of the largest mobility flows occur were also highlighted. The findings of the analysis will be useful for researchers, governments, donors and UN agencies interested in identifying the gaps in the migration health research landscapeThe full document will be published shortly and linked to the MHADRI website.
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Presentation: “Advancing the Global Health Research Agenda” – Outcomes of the Research Expert Group from the 2nd Global Consultation in Migration Health - Prof A.Zwi (University of New South Wales) and Prof. C. Robinson (JHU) presented a draft paper from the research group.
The 2nd Global Consultation on migration health (GC2) that took place in February 2017 (https://www.iom.int/migration-health/second-global-consultation) re-iterated the importance of migration health (MH) research in guiding evidence-informed national, regional and global migration health policies and practices. The thematic working group on research at GC2 iterated the need to invest in ‘a global network/forum to exchange information, define conceptual research frameworks and refine methodological approaches on migration health’…thorough ‘innovative partnerships’.
Session 3 Dr Kol Wickramage, Global Migration Health Research and Epidemiology Coordinator (IOM) led the discussion of the opportunities that MHADRI bring. Some of which were highlighted by group:
While there are a number of small and emerging national and sub-regional MH research networks, there is no organized global platform for academia and other partners to come together, collaborate and drive MH research, especially from Global South countries.
The MHADRI network can help build an alliance of migration health researchers and provide a platform to share, collaborate, develop, advocate and disseminate MH research and evidence informed practice at the nexus of migration, health and development. Current members are comprised of researchers in the field of migration health from academia, civil society, international organizations and governments.
Hitherto there are 87 researchers (as of September 2017) across all regions. Approximately 35% are from the global south and is growing. MHADRI provides unique opportunity to drive high quality research with researchers in Global South
There is an unique opportunity to advance high quality evidence based methods in global migration health (e.g via international Delphi consensus workshops)
Opportunity to promote innovative and transformative approach to migrant health research (e.g. develop multi-country longitudinal research studies)
Scientific publications: Thematic reviews, bibliometric review (already completed), systematic reviews, editorials in high impact journals
Engagement with IOM ensures linkages to policy and decision makers at country/global level.
Contribute to global health policy and practice (e.g. via member participation at global consultation on migration health) and
Promoting evidence informed policy making and global outreach with UN (eg. IOM works in 166 member states)
Opportunities to leverage funding and financing of research studies/systematic reviews
MHADRI provide opportunities for IOM, WHO, ILO, UNICEF and other UN agencies and intergovernmental organizations interested in advancing migration health research.
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Presentation: “Experiences and lessons in building evidence based public health guidelines and research networks and the opportunities/challenges in harnessing such networks for advancing global research agenda on migration and health” - Prof Kevin Pottie (University of Ottawa, Bruyere Research Institute) outlined the model of the GRADE Working Group, considering benefits, harms, certainty, values on outcomes, acceptability, cost effectiveness and resource requirements. He mentioned various models of organizing global research networks and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
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Minutes of Meeting: Group Work 1
Session 4 Group Discussion on: Vision, mission, governance, membership, models for organizational structure Led by Prof Hui, Dr. Trummer, Dr. Joel, Prof. Pottie
MHADRI mission and vision statements were discussed at length. It was decided that a short strong mission statement needs to highlight the diverse international nature of the group. The wording needs to be broad enough not as to exclude specific audiences, a specific writing committee will need to form to finalise the wording (see section 6 on Work plan). Mission Statement drafted were:
To advance evidence based global migration health policies and practices through international research collaborations that will improve the health and wellbeing of people and communities affected by migration.
To advance evidence informed global migration health policies and practices (through the unique international migration health researcher collaboration) that will improve the health and wellbeing of people and communities affected by migration. (FAVOURED)
To advance evidence informed global migration health policies and practices (through high quality evidence based methods) that will improve the health and wellbeing of people and communities affected by migration.
Vision Statement drafted were: Through international research collaborations we will:
Advance ethical inter-disciplinary research at the nexus of health and migration;
Include peoples affected by migration and key stakeholders in research;
Produce and disseminate high-quality evidence;
Drive policy and practice change working with policy makers, practitioners and relevant stakeholders
Underlying values/principals of MHADRI discussed as well as membership
Ensuring meaningful representation from researchers/scholars from the Global South, and commitment to engage and capacity build research in migration in Global South
Researchers/scholar participation from not just from Universities but from civil society groups, governments and UN agencies.
Diversity in terms of Gender, Multi-Disciplinary research experience. Skills: Academics that seek collaboration, bringing own network, galvanize existing partnership building/senior people, diversity of approaches and disciplines.
2 MHADRI Operational Structure Three options for structure were put forward:
1) Client orientated (consultancy model – demand driven). This model helps with funding, but doesn’t allow for academic freedom; agenda may be set and driven by donor.
2) Academic network allows the generation of ideas from the inside and allows for more control over the delivery. The issue with this model is sustained funding.
3) Modified academic network – independent to some degree but is also driven with multiple stakeholder inputs. Allows for some of the work to be demand driven. This allows for the independence but also allows for the consultancy to other organisations. Allows for us to show our strengths and expertise ->
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giving advice on methods etc. People may choose the hybrid model (start with academic and then move towards the hybrid model with some consultant model).
The modified academic network was preferred by the majority of the group, but suggested that the structure of the network should start out as an academic network with a longer (3 year) plan of expanding into a model which allows for some consultancy work.
‘’3 MHADRI Governance It was agreed that a steering committee needs to be established to coordinate the MHADRI activities and form scientific working groups from amongst its members to address issues/topics aligned with MHADRI agenda and priorities.
The group should have representations from the global north and south, as well as the various
stakeholders (organisational and people affected by migration). The steering committee should also
ensure an equal mix of gender and ethnicity.
The steering committee will be made up of 8-10 voluntary members. The secretariat function will start at
the IOM and be reassessed after 3 years. A steering group member will hold this position for 3 years,
and the change in committee members will occur on a rolling basis so new members join an established
group.
The steering committee needs to define the inclusion criteria for membership. It was considered that members should be researchers in migration and health domains. Members should not be limited to ‘experts’ only.
The steering group will update its members on its work on an annual basis. Current issues of
membership and communication will be decided upon by the initial steering group.
4 Session 5 Presentation: “The British Medical Journal Global Migration Health Series”: Scope, research domains/questions, timeline - Professor Kamran Abbasi, (Executive editor of BMJ) and Dr Kol Wickramage (IOM) • The BMJ in collaboration with IOM is developing a new series on migration health and has engaged
MHADRI global network of scholars. The series will comprise of at least 12-14 papers with a lead editorial
paper. The best pieces for The BMJ series will be analytical pieces/Policy commentaries that develop
new areas of thinking, challenge existing norms - taking on a major issue and offering new insights with
data to support them. Papers that will take stock of the current state of evidence, underscore advances as
well as highlight critical gaps in evidence generation, emerging research priorities, and the key interventions
needed for knowledge generation for advancing migration health polices and practice across national,
regional and global levels. The pieces should be roughly 2000 words with references, and be action focused
for policy markers/practitioners. Research methods and reporting might also be something that could be
included, but not primary research articles.
• The series’ principle is aligned with MHADRI’s mission: Ensuring meaningful engagement of migration
health scholars/researches from the Global south. As such, thematic paper leads may engage scholars
from developing nations via the MHADRI/and other research networks in providing critical analysis of their
topics through the lens of the global south issues/contexts.
• IOM will collaborate with BMJ to provide a high level platform to launch the completed Migration Health
Series at key high level UN events in 2018. The UN General Assembly at NY in 2018 September and the
gathering of 166 Member states of the UN migration agency council meeting in Geneva in November 2018
was proposed. This follows another goal envisioned for MHADRI: to work with policy makers and enhance
the social impact of the series. Funding to be identified for a side-event in 2018.
• Example of past BMJ series in partnership with WHO on Women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health were shared: http://www.bmj.com/content/women’s-children’s-and-adolescents’-health-0
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• The BMJ will decide on the final modalities. Proposal were made for a “rolling series” after the editorial piece and 2 key thematic papers. Suggestions were also made for the editorial team/writers to meet in early 20181. A possible workflow:
Series will involve BMJ editors (Kamran Abbasi, Paul Simpson and Richard Hurley), IOM (Kol) with, nominations for editorial team as (Kevin Pottie/Helena Leidgo-Quigley/Jo Vearey/Denise Spitzer/). Group work session on identifying priority themes for series The group identified “Reframing migration health” as the overall theme. The other thematic areas highlighted by the group by voting rank (teams of two/three). were: • Dynamics of migration and its impact on health and its implications on policy
• Health impacts on migration on Left-behind families
• Modern forms of slavery
• Global health security
• Infectious diseases and migration; Health and human Trafficking
The outcomes of the session are as follows with (+) denoting the “group count”
Overarching Theme Topics
Global Health
-Neo-liberal Globalization
Gender & intersectionality (+)
Dynamics of migration and its impact on health and its implications on policy (+)(+)(+)(+)(+)
Role of ethics in advancing migration health
Action oriented research
Infectious diseases and migration (+)(+)(+)
Mother and child health
Access to health care(+)
Poverty migration health Left behind children/families (+)(+)(+)(+)
Mental health (+)(+)
Modern forms of slavery (+)(+)(+)(+)
Migration health an investment in global wellbeing citizenship and justice
Innovative strategies to overcoming trafficking and people smuggling (+)(+)
global health diplomacy around migration as a “public health good” (+)(+)
Language and discourse of migration (“othering”) (+)(+)
Access to quality health care and social determinants
Ignoring relevant evidence in the context of migration(+)
Domestic violence in the context of labour migrants to gulf countries (+)(+)
Global health security
Sexual and reproductive health and human rights
Sexual behavior
1 Suggested options for MHADRI workshop for series: Foundation Bellagio or Foundation Brocher that supports academic residential
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STDs (+)
Violence and child abuse
Framing the migration health research agenda
What is migration health vs migrant health
Demography of people affected by migration, composition etc.
Global health security vs Global public health good (+)(+)(+)(+)(+)
Migration health screening/Health Assessments
Harms, Benefits, opportunities to reduce treatment gaps/UHC(+) (+)
Specific issues: Continuity of care, non-admissibility criteria
5 Session 6 ‘Game show’ on scoping project ideas from members Judges Prof. Bukuluki, Dr. Zenner, Dr. Jayatissa Host Prof. Hui
Prof Robinson - Looking at enhancing research methods within ‘hidden’ hard to reach populations. Children
born to North Korean methods in China – method tested and seemed to work, can refine via MHADRI across
other settings. Syrian displaced persons would be where this method could work. Qualitative approach with
a demographic estimation.
Prof. Spitzer - Asking migrants what they want us to do as a network. What are the issues important to you
and how can we work together. Series of regional meetings with migrants group/ migration organisation/
stakeholders and what are the important research issues for you. Help them set the agenda/ invigorate our
network. Allows us to collaborate and increase capacity.
Prof. Pottie - Towards the development of a Global migration health framework. Do a Delphi exercise to
identify what it is about the migration health field that we need to address. GMHF no good as an acronym.
Dr. Borhade - Compilation of the ‘best’ practices in data collection of migration data. From the country level
we can identify a resource/handbook on migration and health data. Possibly using a Delphi method/
questionnaire to do this.
Dr. Trummer - Left-behind children mental health. Neglected subset of migrant flows especially labour that
has been left-behind in research and policy agendas
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MHADRI Work plan 2018 facilitated by Prof.Spitzer
No Action Follow-up
1 Unanimous support for the formation of MHADRI steering committee (8- 10 max) that will be responsible for formulating and driving the MHADRI work plan. Catalytic group to drive some of the action points to come back to the wider group. Bringing everything together, defining details of draft plans at the meeting and communicating with the wider group. It was discussed that the formative phase for MHADRI is for a 2-3 year development phase, with vision to be a strong sustained group building/publishing solid science/guidelines, expertise across disciplines, meaningful global/south representation and linked to global/regional policy making processors. The MHADRI steering committee (which forms the ‘governance’ group) to plan for the development of a large Scientific committee (larger group). The scientific committee should be made up of the thematic migration health research leads – the BMJ Global Migration Health series can be leveraged for identifying thematic leads for the future Scientific committee. The steering committee will have the power to form working groups to finalize elements initiated but left unfinished at the Colombo MHADRI meeting and for network development. For instance, appointing a small working group to finalize the values/vision/mission statement document and for funding strategy. The steering committee can nominate members from the MHADRI scholars list on the MHADRI database. The group nominated the following MHADRI members to form the initial steering group:
Charles Hui
Ursula Trummer
Dee Knipe
Jo Vearey (University of Witts, South Africa)
Kol Wickramage
MHADRI steering committee to schedule conference call on or before December 2017 to follow up on tasks listed. IOM secretariat to follow up to set up call following sharing of minutes. Possible meeting of MHADRI members at sidelines of the Migration and Ethnicity Conference (May 2018 - Edinburgh)
2 Tasks for the steering committee:
Organisational document outlining: the vision/mission statement, the underlying values/principals and membership criteria (3 months)
BMJ Series – coordination of articles (9-10 months)
MHADRI Communication strategy – (3-6 months)
MHADRI Funding strategy – (3-12 months)
Project strategy – (12-18 months)
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3 MHADRI secretariat function IOM agreed to continue to be the secretariat for the MHADRI network. Despite lack of current funding, IOM will continue to provide in-kind support to build the MHADRI portal and researcher/scholar database, maintain secretariat function and conduct communications on behalf of network. IOM is a member of the network, not its custodian. IOM health research unit will serve as the supporting secretariat. IOM to work with existing MHADRI network members, Global and Regional Health focal points to build research database of academics from across the globe. Members are encouraged to send nominations to MHADRI secretariat to be shared with steering committee.
IOM to update MHADRI portal www.migrationhealthresearch.iom.int
Closing remarks by Dr. Kol Wickramage Kol thanked the participants for their candid discussions, tireless energy, and collaborative and respectful dialogue. He noted again the many migration health researchers who had expressed interest in this process and the need to ensure that open communication and engagement with those not present. (Minutes prepared by: D.Knipe, K.Wickramage and J. Buenaventura; Reviewed by C.Hui)
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Participant List (alphabetical order***)
Name Affiliation Institution Country Email Address
1 Dr. Ursula Trummer Head Center for Health and Migration
Austria [email protected]
2 Distinguished Professor Waleed M. Sweileh
Faculty Member An-Najah National University
Palestine [email protected]
3 A.Professor Kamran Abbasi
Executive Editor The British Medical Journal
United Kingdom
4 A.Professor Kevin Pottie
Departments of Family Medicine and Epidemiology and Community Medicine Bruyere Research Institute
University of Ottawa, Bruyere Research Institute
Canada [email protected]
5 Professor Anthony Zwi Professor, Global Health and Development Health, Rights and Development
The University of New South Wales
Australia [email protected]
6 A.Professor Anjali Borhade
Associate Professor Indian Institute of Public Health
India [email protected]
7 A.Professor Paul Bukuluki
Full Professor Makerere University Uganda [email protected]
8 Dr Ramon Lorenzo Luis Guinto*
Doctor of Public Health program
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
9 A. Professor Charles Hui
Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa Canada [email protected]
10 A. Professor Courtland Robinson
Center for Humanitarian Health, Department of International Health and Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
11 Professor Denise Spitzer
Professor, Associate Director Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies and Graduate Studies Coordinator
University of Ottawa Canada [email protected]
12 Dr Duleeka Knipe Economic and Social Research Council Research Fellow
University of Bristol United Kingdom
13 A.Professor Teck Chuan Voo
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Centre for Biomedical Ethics
National University of Singapore
Singapore [email protected]
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Government/UN participants attending the MHADRI meeting:
14 Dr Susie Perera Director Organizational Development and Focal Point Migration Health
Ministry of Health Sri Lanka [email protected]
15 Dr Renuka Jayatissa Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Medical Research Institute
Ministry of Health Sri Lanka [email protected]
16 Dr Paul Douglas Assistant Secretary, Health Policy and Performance Branch
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Australia [email protected]
17 Dr Dominik Zenner Consultant Epidemiologist and Head of TB screening, Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Infection Service
Public Health England
United Kingdom
18 Dr Joel Buenaventura Chief Health Program Officer, International Relations Division
Department of Health Philippines [email protected]
19 Dr Davide Mosca Director, Migration Health Division
International Organization for Migration
Switzerland [email protected]
20 Dr Kol Wickramage Global Migration Health Research & Epidemiology Coordinator
International Organization for Migration
Philippines [email protected]
21 Mr Giuseppe Crocceti Chief of Mission, IOM Sri Lanka (for Opening Session)
International Organization for Migration
Sri Lanka [email protected]
22 Dr Sharika Peiris Consultant, IOM Sri Lanka
International Organization for Migration
Sri Lanka [email protected]
*unable to attend Documents to be shared with participants:
1. MHADRI portal: https://migrationhealthresearch.iom.int/
2. THE GLOBAL COMPACT FOR SAFE, ORDERLY AND REGULAR MIGRATION: Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQs) https://www.iom.int/global-compact-migration
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Science behind MHADRI logo: The logo is representative of “Small world network model” in mathematics. A small-world network is a type of mathematical graph that is hypothesized by researchers to reflect an evolutionary advantage that is more robust than other network architectures. The larger circle represents the Global Network. The multiple dots represent the diverse academic disciplines and the multi-sectoral approach needed to advance migration health research. The pathways from dots are symbolic of the diverse migration flows globally.
