International Centre for Migration and Health
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The International Centre for Migration, Health and Development (ICMHD) is a non-governmental organization based in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. It was founded in 1995 with the purpose of improving, protecting and advocating for the health and welfare of people on the move. The ICMHD is a WHO
Who
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 Collaborating Centre for Health-Related Issues Among People Displaced By Disasters and a UNFPA Implementing Partner. Recent major reports produced by the Centre have focused on topics such as reproductive health, maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, psychosocial issues and diabetes.
The Executive Committee is composed of Dr. Eamon Kelly
Eamon Kelly
Eamon Michael Kelly was the president of Tulane University from 1981 to 1998. He was born in New York City and earned a bachelor's degree from Fordham University and a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University....

 (president), Dr Mohamed-Lardi Abdelmoumene (vice-president), Professor Monique Bégin
Monique Bégin
Monique Bégin, PC, OC, FRSC is an academic and former Canadian politician.Begin was born in Rome and raised in France and Portugal before immigrating to Canada at the end of World War II...

 (treasurer), and Dr. Manuel Carballo
Manuel Carballo (epidemiologist)
Manuel Carballo is an epidemiologist and is currently Executive Director of the International Centre for Migration and Health and Professor of Clinical Public Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, in New York.- Background :...

 (executive director).

Office Locations

Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....



Nairobi
Nairobi
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, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...



Rome
Rome
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, Italy
Italy
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Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

, Bosnia
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