Draft Agenda

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Facilitator

• Sandy Thurman, Chief Strategy Officer, Office of the US Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, US Department of State 

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Opening Session

• Dr. Carlos VAN DER LAAT,  Migrants Health Assistance Programme Coordinator, Migration Health Division: Overview of migration - situation and challenges - in accessing health services in the context of COVID-19; as well as in accessing COVID-19 mitigation information/tools and care

• Fr Richard W. Bauer, MM, BCC, LCSW, Director of Spiritual and Psychosocial Care, EDARP Kenya: Welcoming the Stranger: A Response of Faith and Theology

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Session 1 – Celebrating and accompanying migrants

• Paul Jeffrey: A Journey through images – the contribution of faith to address migration challenges and in accompanying migrants (Video – Part 1)

• Gary Jones, Senior Adviser, Security, Humanitarian and Fragile States: The Road-Map on Migration and HIV and the role of faith

 

Session 2 - Best practices and lessons learned by faith groups in collaboration with other sectors: 1. Prevention; 2. Testing and Treatment; 3. Addressing Stigma and Discrimination; 4. Addressing sexual and gender-based violence

• Ms. Alyna C. Smith, Senior Advocacy Officer, Health, Justice and Legal Strategies, Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants: Undocumented migrants and the realities of their access to health care in Europe, including in the context of COVID-19

• Prof Mohamed Karama, Islamic Relief: Best practices and lessons learned on addressing GBV and stigma and discrimination in the context of COVID-19

• Paul Jeffrey: A Journey through images – the contribution of faith to address migration challenges and in accompanying migrants (Video – Part 2)

 

Session 3 – The way forward

Respondents: 

• Monsignor Robert J Vitillo, Secretary General, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)

 

Closing

• Dr. Carlos VAN DER LAAT, Migrants Health Assistance Programme Coordinator, Migration Health Division

• Gary Jones, Senior Adviser, Security, Humanitarian and Fragile States