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WHO CC Network
WHO collaborating centres (WHO CC) are institutions such as research institutes, parts of universities or academies, which are designated by the WHO Director-General to carry out activities in support of the Organization's programmes. Currently there are over 800 WHO collaborating centres in over 80 Member States.
WHO CCs involved in the Migration and Health Programme
Three WHO CC are currently active in the Migration and Health field:
- Italy
Italian National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (INMP)
WHO CC on Health and Migration Evidence and Capacity Building
Contact person: Gianfranco Costanzo and Leuconoe Grazia Sisti
E-mail: gianfranco.costanzo@inmp.it ; leuconoegrazia.sisti@inmp.it
- Sweden
Uppsala University
WHO CC on Migration and Health Data and Evidence
Contact person: Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil
E-mail: soorej.jose@kbh.uu.se
- Ireland
University of Limerick
WHO CC for Migrant’s Involvement in Health Research
Contact person: Anne MacFarlane and Ailish Hannigan
E-mail: Anne.MacFarlane@ul.ie ; Ailish.Hannigan@ul.ie
Other key partners of the WHO Migration and Health Programme
- Denmark
Allan Krasnik
Professor
Department of Public Health
Section for Health Services Research
Center for Health and Society
University of Copenhagen
E-mail: alk@sund.ku.dk
Marie Louise Nørredam
Professor with special responsibilities, Section of Health Services Research
Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity and Health (MESU)
University of Copenhagen
Faculty of Health Sciences
Department of Health Services Research
E-mail: mano@sund.ku.dk
- Greece
Emmanouil (Manos) Pikoulis
Professor & Chairman of the 3rd Department of Surgery,
School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
“Attikon” University General Hospital
Director of MSc “Global Health - Disaster Management”
E-Mail: mpikoul@med.uoa.gr
Evika Karamagioli
Scientific Associate MSc programme “Global Health - Disaster Medicine”
School of Medicine
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
E-mail: karamagioli@gmail.com
- Hungary
University of Pécs
Contact person: Istvan Szilard and Lajos Bogár
E-Mail: istvan.szilard@aok.pte.hu ; lajos.bogar@aok.pte.hu
- Netherlands
Charles Agyemang,
Professor of Global Migration, Ethnicity & Health
Vice President European Public Health Association Section on Migrant & Ethnic Minority Health
Department of Public Health
University of Amsterdam / Academic Medical Centre
E-mail: c.o.agyemang@amsterdamumc.nl
Michaella Vanore
Research Fellow Maastricht University
Maastricht Graduate School of Governance/United Nations University-MERIT
E-mail: michaella.vanore@maastrichtuniversity.nl
- Russian Federation
Higher School of Health Administration
WHO Collaborating Centre on training and education of health policy-makers in prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases
Contact person: Viktoria Madyanova and Artyom Gil
E-mail: madvika@mail.ru; artyom5@mail.ru
- Switzerland
Manuel Carballo
International Centre for Migration, Health and Development (ICMHD)
WHO Collaborating Centre for Health-related Issues among People Displaced by Disasters
Contact person: Manuel Carballo
E-mail: mcarballo@icmhd.ch
- Turkey
Ilker Kayi
Lecturer
Public Health Department, Koç University, Istanbul
Email: ikayi@ku.edu.tr
Further information on WHO CC are available at WHO website: https://www.who.int/about/collaboration/collaborating-centres
In November 2022, INMP has hosted the 5th WHO CC on Migration and Health networking meeting, read the news!