Our Consortium
Establishing a transdiciplinary international network
To deploy the MHCP-t tool in different countries of the MENA region, the consortium will collaborate with national and international organisations that will help drive changes in data collection and test new approaches to strengthen migrant health surveillance with the aim of improving health policy and practice.
The MENA Migrant Health project is funded by ”la Caixa” Foundation (Spain) in the framework of the Mobility– Global Medicine and Health Research programme. (LCF/PR/SP21/52930003)
Transforming data collection and surveillance to drive migrant health research, care and policy A project funded by: www.menamigranthealth.org Photo credit: EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid, CC BY-SA 2.0
Transforming health data collection
Improving the health of migrants in the MENA Region
Migrant populations often live in precarious conditions with limited access to health care. The lack of epidemiological data on major health problems affecting these populations hinders adequate health services and policies.
The MENA MIgrant Health project aims to overcome this barrier by designing new tools for data collection and analysis as well as a community-based research and practice that will ensure the future and continuous improvement in migrant health prevention and care.
MCHP-t, a tool to drive change
The project is developing the Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t), a tool that will inform health care practitioners and policymakers on how to effectively monitor and respond to migrants’ health needs on multiple infections and other key diseases, as well as vaccination coverage.
7 countries pioneering MHCP-t’s development
A prototype of MHCP-t will be initially tested in Morocco, Tunisia and Sudan, and later rolled-out in Algeria, Libya, Egypt and Yemen.
The implementation of the MHCP-t will provide access to an unprecedented database as well as analysis tools on migrant health in the MENA region. Thus, we aim to strengthen data collection, facilitate cross-country comparisons and transform service delivery and policy-making around migration and health.
Ensuring the long-term sustainability of the outcomes
Both the MHCP-t tool and the MENA Migrant Health network are set to evolve alongside with the future needs of migrant health in the region and will eventually be rolled out in other regions around the world.
The long-term transformative changes are:
Innovation
The transformation of migrant health data collection to strengthen cross-country and regional health surveillance and drive policy changes to improve health outcomes.
Research capacity
The development of a flagship International PhD programme as the foundation for the creation and future expansion of an early and mid-career researcher network that will remain active beyond the duration of this grant.
Sustainability
The careful embedment of MHCP-t into routine health systems to ensure country ownership and facilitate cross-country and regional dialogue and data sharing.