Management and Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases Among Refugees and Migrants

Reduct ion in morbidity and premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such
as cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases in the refugee and
migrant populat ion is the main focus of this webinar, which wi l l endeavour to answer some of
the fol lowing quest ions:
• What does the latest research say on prevalence and risk of NCDs?
• What factors exacerbate or lead to the development of NCDs among refugees and migrants
in a host count ry?
• How to prevent refugee and migrant populat ions from developing such condi t ions?
• How can we respond wi th more effect ive publ ic heal th intervent ions and improved heal th
services?

The webinar is part of Migration and Health Knowledge Management Project which aims to facilitate the
development and uptake of knowledge and good practices to migrant and refugee health. The project is
carried out with the financial assistance of the European Commission.