Seventh WHO Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health

Advancing equity and inclusion: future directions in refugee and migrant health

Migration has long been part of the human experience and continues to shape societies, with over one billion people on the move worldwide. Ensuring equitable access to health care for refugees and migrants is essential for achieving universal health coverage and promoting inclusive, resilient health systems.

Co-hosted by the WHO Special Initiative of Health and Migration and the Ministry of Health of Spain, the seventh WHO Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health provides a global platform for learning, knowledge exchange, and policy dialogue on the health of people on the move.

Under the theme “Advancing equity and inclusion: future directions in refugee and migrant health”, the 2026 edition will explore how major structural transformations, including climate change, urbanization, digital transformation and evolving health financing systems, are reshaping human mobility and its implications for health systems and outcomes.

The Global School will provide participants with the knowledge and tools to examine these trends and promote evidence-informed, cross-sectoral strategies that strengthen equitable and inclusive health systems for people on the move.

The sessions are open to all, and particularly relevant fo public health professionals,policy-makers and health system planners, researchers and academics, and NGOs and international organizations representatives. Online participation is open to all, in-person participation is by invitation only.

Participants who complete the daily evaluation surveys will receive a Certificate of Attendance, issued by WHO.

A detailed agenda and registration details will be available shortly. 

About the Global School

The Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health is WHO’s flagship capacity-building initiative under the Health and Migration Special Initiative. It provides a platform for dialogue, technical exchange and peer learning among policymakers, technical experts, civil society and academia. Launched in 2020, it has been hosted in Switzerland, Jordan, Bangladesh, Senegal and Colombia, addressing key themes such as primary health care, Universal Health Coverage, human resources for health, social determinants of health and service integration for refugees and migrants.  Since its inception, the Global School has engaged more than 20,000 participants through in-person and virtual learning activities and WHO Academy resources, reaching professionals from 148 countries across all WHO regions.