A hybrid panel in CESLAM Kathmandu Migration Conference
The Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility (CESLAM) at Social Science Baha and Migration Health South Asia Network (MiHSA) invite you to the
online panel discussion on
Defining Regional Agenda for Migration Health
Policies, Priorities, and Perspectives from South Asia
An online panel in CESLAM Kathmandu Migration Conference 2025
17 February 2025 | 2.45–4.05 PM (Nepal Time)
The panel will be held via Microsoft Teams
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Migration health remains an underexplored area in South and Southeast Asia with limited focus on the health and social care needs of transient and diverse migrant population.(1) Existing literature on migration health in the region, and the specific countries it constitutes, , remains patchy, often restricted to specific health conditions –infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, maternal and maternal and reproductive health.(2) This does not capture the complexities of migration trajectories, the socio-economic and geopolitical contextual realities, or the wider social determinants of migration health in the region. This fragmented body of evidence creates challenges in designing and developing evidence informed policies, programs, and interventions that are regionally and nationally relevant.
Against this backdrop, this panel in the CESLAM Kathmandu Migration Conference aims to shed light on recent regional developments in enhancing migration health scholarship for inclusive and sensitive/ responsive policies. The panel will also showcase highlights of regional level research prioritization (CHNRI) from India and Pakistan, while detailing preliminary results from Nepal; followed by introduction to the migration health policy appraisal toolkit MigPolX and its regional applications. Following the discussions on priority-setting and policy appraisals, there will be discussion on key policy gaps from the local perspective. The panel will conclude with orienting the audience to the upcoming 2nd World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health.
Panel Outline
Ground Setting MiHSA Objectives About GSMERH Expectation-Setting
(2.45 – 3.00 PM)
Prof Anuj Kapilashrami, CGHIER and MiHSA
A South-Asian take on research priorities for migration health – CHNRI Result highlights from India and Pakistan, and Preliminary findings from Nepal
(3.00 – 3.15 PM)
Obindra Chand, CGHIER and MiHSA
Sadikshya Bhattarai, CESLAM, Nepal
Case studies on profiling, policy mapping, indexing and deep-diving – MigPolX in Pakistan, India and Cambodia – Rationale and Application of the toolkit
(3.15 – 3.30 PM)
Dr Roomi Aziz, CGHIER and MiHSA
Ishita Garg, MiHSA, India
Key policy gaps in Migration Health and Policy Priorities for Nepal
(3.30 – 3.45AM)
Dr Anup Kanti Das, IOM, Nepal
Discussion and Conclusion
(3.45 – 4.05 PM)
Prof Anuj Kapilashrami, CGHIER
Prof Bernadette Kumar, NIPH
