Building resilience: enhancing healthcare access for displaced populations - Health workshop abstract

Sep 30, 2026

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Workshop rationale and purpose address a coordinated health response to improve healthcare access for refugees and people displaced from Ukraine under the EU Temporary Protection Directive. It reviews achievements and operational challenges across a joint EU4Health action managed by the European Commission, WHO, and IOM and implemented in 10 European countries. Methods focus on EC, Czechia’s ministry, NGOs, and WHO/IOM perspectives, emphasizing workforce capacity, service accessibility, integration, and resilience. Learning outcomes highlight partnership-driven barrier identification and health-system strengthening at national and local levels.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

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Reading Time5 min

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Rationale and Purpose

Coordinated health response under EU Temporary Protection Directive

Methods/Process of Workshop

Institutional and field-level perspectives

Themes: workforce capacity and service accessibility

Projected Learning Outcomes

Partnership to strengthen health systems

Barrier identification and local strengthening

vi10 European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 35, Supplement 6, 2025 Abstract citation ID: ckaf180 .031 193 Building resilience: enhancing healthcare access for displaced populations Elena Val1 and Marc Gallego Garcia2 1International Organization for Migration, Brussels, Belgium 2World Health Organization, Copenhagen, Denmark WKS 22: Building resilience: enhancing healthcare access for dis placed populations, B309 (FCSH), September 4, 2025, 16:00 - 17:00 Rationale and Purpose: This workshop examined key aspects of a coordinated health response to improve access to healthcare for refugees and individuals displaced from Ukraine under the EU Temporary Protection Directive (TPD)1 . It highlighted both achievements and challenges encountered across the operationalization of the directive, within the framework of the joint EU4Health action: “Improving access to healthcare for refugees and people displaced from Ukraine benefitting of temporary protection in Member States” managed by the European Commission (EC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and implemented in 10 European countries. 2 Methods/Process of Workshop: The session brought together institutional and field-level perspectives from EC, Ministry of Health of Czechia, NGO Equita, WHO and IOM, who shared their expertise, policy perspectives and experiences aimed at improving and promoting access to healthcare for all. Discussions focused on key themes including health workforce capacity, service accessibility and integration, viewed through the lens of resilience across diverse national contexts. 2nd World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race & Health Abstract Book vi11 Projected Learning Outcomes: The lessons learned disseminated were on the EU, WHO, and IOM unprecedented partnership to strengthen health systems in refugee-receiving countries and achieve the best health outcomes for host populations, and refugees and displaced people from Ukraine. At national and local levels, this partnership promoted identifying and tackling the barriers that hinder refugees’ and displaced people’s access to health services; while simultaneously, strengthening the capacity of health systems to meet the needs of displaced communities.

FAQs

What is the purpose of the workshop described in the abstract?

It examines key aspects of a coordinated health response to improve access to healthcare for refugees and people displaced from Ukraine under the EU Temporary Protection Directive.

Which organizations and stakeholders participated in the workshop session?

The session brought together perspectives from the European Commission, Czechia’s Ministry of Health, NGO Equita, WHO, and IOM, along with policy and field experience.

What outcomes does the abstract project from the EU4Health partnership?

It focuses on strengthening health systems in refugee-receiving countries, identifying and addressing barriers to care, and improving the ability of health systems to meet needs of displaced communities.

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