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North American Refugee Health Conference

Posted by GHO Admin on April 17, 2017 in Events

Date: June 16-18, 2017
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto Canada


The North American Refugee Health Conference is recognized as the premier conference for those who work with refugee populations. Conference Chair, Anna Banerji O.Ont., MD, MPH, FRCPC, DTM&H Faculty Lead, Indigenous and Refugee Health, Post MD Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Associate Professor Pediatrics and Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Target Audience

  • Allied Health Workers
  • Dentists
  • Family Physicians
  • Mental Health Workers
  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Policy and Public Health Specialists
  • Primary Care Practitioners
  • Refugees
  • Specialists
  • Settlement Workers or other Professionals interested in Refugee Health

Major Themes

  • Advocacy
  • Chronic Disease
  • Global Refugee Health and Migration Settlement
  • Infectious Disease
  • LGTBQ Health
  • Mental Health and PTSD
  • Nutrition
  • Pediatric Health
  • Refugee Educational Development
  • Refugee Screening
  • Research
  • Syrian Refugee Crisis
  • Vaccination
  • Women’s Health

For more information please visit the conference website.