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The Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre brings together over 100 researchers of different backgrounds from all three LSHTM faculties. We focus on improving the health of populations affected by humanitarian crises through quality research, teaching, training and dissemination of objective, evidence-based information.
Caption: Migrants outside building. Credit: Lancet
Myths about migration and health, including that migrants are disease carriers and are a burden on services, are not supported by the available evidence and ignore the critical contributions that migration makes to global economies, according to a new UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health, a two year project with 20 leading experts including LSHTM researchers.
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