Last week we hosted an international seminar  “The wellbeing of Ukrainian refugees in need of HIV and TB care” in the old building of the Sorbonne university.

Last week we hosted an international seminar  “The wellbeing of Ukrainian refugees in need of HIV and TB care” in the old building of the Sorbonne university.

Seminar highlights:

– both academic and civil society-based researchers in equal proportions took part in the two-day agenda, including Ukrainian refugees;

– we discussed health services for Ukrainian refugees in 6 receiving countries of Europe – both high and middle income;

– how we can analyse migration of Ukrainian refugees in the wider European context of refugee health and migration policy;

– what research tools are applicable for sentitive populations such as vulnerable groups among migrants and refugees;

– research ethics and researchers’ positionality.

Participants from the following organisations took part in the seminar: Cermes3 and the CEPED  (Center for Research of Population and Development) of the Université Paris Cité, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Альянс громадського здоров’я Alliance for Public Health, «100% життя» – Мережа ЛЖВ, TB Europe Coalition, UNAIDS Eastern Europe and Central Asia, EHPV – Eesti HIV-positiivsete võrgustik, IOS Regensburg, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, University of Helsinki.

The seminar was funded by ANRS and College de France.