Reducing Health Inequities among Migrants and Displaced Populations in the Context of Climate Change in the Global South
Webinar 1/5 I August 27th, 2026
Webinar 1/5
August 27th, 2026
Reducing Health Inequities among Migrants and Displaced Populationsin the Context of Climate Change in the Global South
Host
Professor Báltica Cabieses (CeSGI, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile)
Programme
Welcome: Charlotte Scheerens (Coordinator CliMigHealth, Ghent University, Belgium)
Presentations
Presenter 1: Polina Koriukina: Social Determinants of Health in the Context of Climate Migration: A Scoping Review of Global Evidence (Ghent University, Belgium)
Presenter 2: Rachel Soeiro: Social Determinants of Health in Climate-Influenced Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Brazil (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil)
Presenter 3: Professor Jasmin Lilian Diab: Social Determinants of Health in the Context of environmental destruction due to war: Displacement and access to health services and humanitarian services in Lebanon (Lebanese American University, Lebanon)
Panel Discussion (commentators)
Professor Jan De Maeseneer (Ghent University; WHO Collaborating Centre)
Dr Javier Rodríguez ((Sociedad Latinoamericana de Medicina del Viajero -SLAMVI, Colombia)
Dr Santino Severoni (WHO Global Initiative on Health and Migration, Geneva)
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Host
Professor Báltica Cabieses (CeSGI, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile)
Programme
Welcome: Charlotte Scheerens (Coordinator CliMigHealth, Ghent University, Belgium)
Presentations
Presenter 1: Polina Koriukina: Social Determinants of Health in the Context of Climate Migration: A Scoping Review of Global Evidence (Ghent University, Belgium)
Presenter 2: Rachel Soeiro: Social Determinants of Health in Climate-Influenced Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Brazil (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil)
Presenter 3: Professor Jasmin Lilian Diab: Social Determinants of Health in the Context of environmental destruction due to war: Displacement and access to health services and humanitarian services in Lebanon (Lebanese American University, Lebanon)
Panel Discussion (commentators)
Professor Jan De Maeseneer (Ghent University; WHO Collaborating Centre)
Dr Javier Rodríguez ((Sociedad Latinoamericana de Medicina del Viajero -SLAMVI, Colombia)
Dr Santino Severoni (WHO Global Initiative on Health and Migration, Geneva)
Final Q&A
Closing remarks
