Elif Işık

Comms at @WHO_Europe🧢 Former comms at @ifrc

Humanitarian Comms • Arts • Migration • Health

Trauma-informed

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

#Migrants and #refugees face greater barriers in accessing health care than host populations. The focus also tends to be on communicable diseases, and not non-communicable ones, such as cancer and diabetes.

And that is a lost opportunity. Listen in.

@EuropeanCommission

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

Responding to the needs of refugees displaced by war would challenge any health system.

It can be done in a manner where everyone benefits, and that’s what these countries chose.

Our joint project w/@EU_Health, @IOM_ECA

https://t.co/mw0oRw5XWA

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

❓DYK #migrants & #refugees are more likely to experience certain mental health conditions?

Many of us know first-hand how stressful it can be to have to see a doctor in a country that isn‘t our birthplace. That‘s the reality of millions of people, every single day.

@EU_Health

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

Milana, a 12 y.o. #refugee from 🇺🇦, received her #HPV💉vaccine thanks to free access to health services in🇲🇩.

“Vaccination is a simple gesture, but it has enormous power. Don’t let time decide for you.” – Lyudmila, Milana’s mother

👉 https://t.co/mw0oRw5XWA

@EU_Health @IOM_ECA

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

1️⃣Human mobility is not new, nor is it going away.
2️⃣Displacement and #migration impacts health.
3️⃣When #migrants and #refugees have access to quality health care, everyone wins.

Hear our panel of experts on the importance of providing health care to everyone.

@EU_Health

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

On a typical day in any given European & Central Asia city, health workers encounter patients from a range of countries. And those health workers are quite likely to be foreigners themselves.

Listen in to learn why #migrant health is such a big public health issue.

@EU_Health

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

@unitartu has integrated the @WHO Global Competency Standards for #refugee & #migrant health into its medical curriculum as a referenced elective e-course.🎊

🔵 More here 👉 https://t.co/oBrYCd0n0J
🔵 About the joint project @EU_Health, @IOM_ECA 👉https://t.co/mw0oRw5XWA

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

📢A new @EU_Health-funded joint review by @WHO HQ and WHO/Europe Health & Migration Programmes, @LithuaniaHealth and partners examines how the health system is responding to the needs of #migrants in🇱🇹

👉 Read the report here: https://t.co/nmnAJ1Sny7

#EU4HealthRefugees

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

📢Our new report is out!

Labour migrants play a key role in the region’s social & economic life. Ensuring their health is a matter of equity, resilience, integration & shared progress.

👉EN: https://t.co/mjeRzgm0UM
👉RU: https://t.co/XLZoMBKuUA

#HealthForAll #IMD2025

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

Today is International Migrants Day!

Protecting migrants’ health is essential for collective development, social cohesion and resilient health systems, and it is fundamental to achieving universal health coverage.

👉https://t.co/YZakqO5Gm7

#HealthForAll #IMD2025

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

At #EPH2025 in 🇫🇮, WHO/Europe Health and Migration Prog., @IOM_ECA and @EU_Health presented how countries enable displaced health workers from 🇺🇦 to continue their medical professions, so their expertise isn't lost.

More on the EU-funded joint project👉 https://t.co/mw0oRw5XWA

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

“With this training, I discovered a tailored approach to support #refugees & #migrants”

- A psychologist from 🇷🇴

@WHO, WHO/Europe, @IOM_ECA & @EU_Health train health workers on key #standards for addressing the health needs of refugees from🇺🇦

👉https://t.co/mw0oRw5XWA

[Hans Kluge @hans_kluge]

Delighted that the next global climate conference, #COP31, will take place in Antalya, Türkiye 🇹🇷 – in the WHO European Region.

This outcome, agreed between Australia and Türkiye and supported by other Parties, shows what is possible when nations choose dialogue, compromise & partnership.

With 🇦🇺 Australia leading the negotiations and 🇹🇷 Türkiye hosting the conference, we have a strong basis to drive ambitious climate & health action and to turn this spirit of cooperation into concrete results for people and planet.

Tebrikler Türkiye! Congratulations Australia!

@MFATurkiye | @drmemisoglu | @saglikbakanligi | @TC_BMDT | @TC_BMCenevreDT | @TC_BMViyanaDT | @WHO_Turkiye | @UN_Turkiye | @AzizAlperBiten | @disabgm | @TC_KopenhagBE | @ausgov | @dfat | @AustraliaUN | @AustraliaUN_GVA | @healthgovau | @AusAmbDK

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

And we're live!

The 75th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe will determine health priorities for the next five years.

Watch the action and follow the health issues that matter to you.

🎥 https://t.co/yJKOkJXHdB

#RC75CPH

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

Looking ahead, supporting refugees, displaced people from Ukraine & host countries requires a long-term, collective approach. 🇺🇦💙

WHO/Europe, @IOM_ECA & @EU_Health will continue working together for sustainable solutions & #HealthForAll. 💙

👉 https://t.co/VUOlTP5YLp

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

Together we have:

🤝 Built strong partnerships & dialogue spaces
🚑 Tackled barriers to health services
👩‍⚕️ Trained cultural & health mediators
📚 Supported displaced Ukrainian health workers

#RefugeeHealth #HealthForAll

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

💙 2 years ago, WHO/Europe, @IOM_ECA & @EU_Health joined forces to strengthen health systems in 10 countries hosting refugees & displaced people from Ukraine🇺🇦

Here’s what we’ve achieved together ⬇️

#EU4Health #HealthForAll

👉 https://t.co/VUOlTP5YLp

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

Guided by the Refugee and Migrant Action Plan 2023-2030 to ensure they are included in universal health coverage, participants will discuss:

🟦resilient health systems
🟦noncommunicable disease management & prevention
🟦human resources for health

▶ https://t.co/8QsTUOHgvd

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

Healthy societies leave no one behind.

Today in Athens🇬🇷, the 2nd Knowledge Forum on Refugee and Migrant Health continues, offering a space for dialogue with all partners, in🤝w/@YpYgGR, @migrationgovgr and @EU_Health.

#HealthForAll

👉 https://t.co/MUQkIZsVAB

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

“The health of refugees and migrants is not separate from our own. It reflects our values and stands as a testament to our shared commitment to equity, dignity, and care.”

@hans_kluge

#HealthForAll