Request for experts for WHO's first Technical Advisory Group on Migration Health (TAG)

WHO Migration Health is establishing a Technical Advisory Group of Experts for the period 2024–2026 to support the implementation of the Global Action Plan on Promoting the Health of Refugees and Migrants and other related activities. The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) will play a key role in achieving the five core functions of WHO Migration Health, which are aligned with the Global Action Plan and the goals of the 14th WHO GPW to promote, ensure and protect health. These functions aim in particular to reduce health inequalities by addressing the social, economic, environmental and other determinants of health, supporting countries to develop evidence-based policies at all levels of government, and adapting public health measures to meet the health needs of populations such as migrants and displaced people.

During the period 2024-2026, the TAG:

1. Advise WHO Migration Health on all technical areas, with emphasis on the implementation and monitoring of the GAP, and on the implementation of the Global Research Agenda on Health, Migration and Displacement and the associated Global Research Network on Health, Migration and Displacement.

2. Participate, according to his/her area of expertise, in the development of norms, standards, research products and additional technical guidance on DHM priority areas such as health, migration and displacement in the context of climate change, UHC/SPH, health financing, immunization, communicable and non-communicable diseases and health system strengthening.

3. Provide technical advice on global, regional and national activities, high-level events and technical assistance initiatives, such as: the Global Consultation on Refugee and Migrant Health; National Health System Reviews; the Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health; the Global Evidence Series on Health and Migration (GEHM).

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