May 21, 2025
02:00 pm - 03:30 pm
(followed by a networking coffee)
Migration is often framed as a challenge—but it’s also a powerful driver of diversity, innovation, and resilience. This session calls on stakeholders to shift the narrative, recognize migrants as agents of their own health, and co-create inclusive solutions. In the context of the World Health Assembly, we’ll elevate lived experiences, foster dialogue, and seed new collaborations. Through participatory roundtables, we’ll tackle shared challenges and explore practical responses in mental health, research, and community leadership. Together, we can build momentum for dignity-based health systems that leave no one behind.
During this session JJ Keith, photographer, kindly shares his exhibition of portraits “Open Britain: Portrait of a Diverse Nation”. JJ Keith sets out the use of his camera to capture and celebrate the contributions migrants have made to the life in the UK within the healthcare system, and particularly the NHS, in this collaboration carried out with the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
To know more about JJ Keith’s work check out on LinKedIn jjkeithphotography and Instagram openbritain
4EU+ Alliance
Health and Migration Department of World Health Organization (WHO)
Swiss TPH
Geneva Center of Humanitarian Studies (UNIGE)
Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)
Problem Management Plus
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Established in 2006 by the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the Geneva Health Forum (GHF) is a Swiss not-for-profit initiative that brings together a diverse range of stakeholders to discuss and address global health challenges.
The GHF plays a pivotal role in the global health landscape, as a neutral and inclusive platform, fostering dialogue and collaboration among key players in the field, including policymakers, representatives from academia, civil society, and the private sector.
Its core mission is to facilitate constructive dialogue among these global health actors, which, in turn, contributes to the improvement of health policies and access to care worldwide. The Geneva Health Forum proudly collaborates with some of the most prominent international organizations based in Geneva.
