Tuesday, 19 July 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY

Virtual Press Conference on the first WHO World report on the health of refugees and migrants; other global health issues

When: Wednesday, 20 July 2022 at 15.00 CEST

Subject: WHO World report on the health of refugees and migrants; COVID-19, Monkeypox (MPX) and other global health issues

On Wednesday, 20 July 2022 at 15h CEST WHO will publish the World Report on the health of refugees and migrants, the first WHO report providing a global snapshot of the health status of refugees and migrants.

Guest Speakers:

• Prof. Abdulrazak Gurnah, Novelist and Professor, Nobel Prize in Literature (2021)
• Dr. Waheed Arian, NHS Emergency Doctor, Author of In the Wars, Humanitarian and Refugee Advocate, Founder of Arian Teleheal and Arian Wellbeing

The report and press release under embargo can be obtained and interviews can be arranged by sending an email to Tarik Jasarevic: jasarevict@who.int, Veronica Cornacchione: cornacchionev@who.int and media@who.int

Join via Zoom:
https://who-e.zoom.us/j/94883527646
Passcode: 123VpC987

Phone:
Webinar ID: 948 8352 7646
Numeric Passcode for Phone Access: 696322774
International numbers available: https://who-e.zoom.us/u/adVWS2ocSn

NOTE TO JOURNALISTS

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Due to the volume of questions, we are no longer able to take them from phone callers and interpretation is not available via telephone.

Media contact: mediainquries@who.int

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