With the world coming together in solidarity to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 18 December, International Migrants Day, we want to acknowledge not only the health needs of refugees and migrants, but also their contributions towards the European Programme of Work – “United Action for Better Health”.
One way to learn about and from their invaluable contributions to the public health response is to reach out to communities and hear what “experts by experience” have to say. This includes migrant health-care workers who are at the frontline of the response to the pandemic, dedicating themselves to improving the health of all people.
Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, sat down for a virtual talk with nurse Julia Fomenkova, who moved from Belarus to work in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, as an anaesthesiology nurse in an oncological dispensary.
