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Mr Emeka Iloegbu
Public Health ScientistInstitution: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Current Institution Location: United States of America
Email: arinze777@gmail.com
Phone Number: +16464368168
Migration Health Research Area/Expertise
Most recently I conducted a 6-month migrant health capacity building project in a Colonia near the US/Mexico border. This project was undertaken in two comprehensive phases. The first phase of the project we conducted a Comprehensive Environmental Health Assessment where we held community-wide focus groups and administered surveys as primary data collection. The second phase of the project was the capacity building portion where I recruited residents to be community health workers. During this second phase with the help of available resources, I created a community health worker training program, and curriculum to help guide future initiatives. After my Masters, I gained consultative status with the UNESCO and took part in the negotiation process for the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration and plan on developing a project focusing on implementation of key objectives focusing on building capacity and workforce development. I will also be attending the WHO Summer School on Refugee and Migrant Health in Palermo Italy Sept 2018.
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories
Internal Migration
Migrant Workers (Adults)
Students (Adolescents)
International/Cross-Border Migration
Asylum seekers (Adults, Elderly)
Humanitarian entrants/ Refugee resettlement programs (Adults, Elderly)
International students (Adolescents)
Refugees (Adults, Elderly)
Seasonal farm workers (Adults, Elderly)
General Research Focus/Expertise
Relevant Projects
Title | Year Published | Region/Country | Role in the Project | Main Outcome | Link to Study Reports and publications |
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Capacity Building in a Rural Farmworker Community | Central and North America and the Caribbean Mexico United States of America |
Co-Investigator | Identification of Top 5 health issues, recruitment and training of residents as community health workers, and design of a curriculum and training program. | ||
Health Systems Strengthening | European Economic Area Netherlands |
Research Staff | Key recommendations for WHO and Ministries of Health | ||
Systematic Review of WHO Lessons and Reports on Health of Refugees and Migrants | Principal Investigator | Consolidation of key recommendations for user-friendly global implementation | |||
Use of the Haddon's Matrix to address NCDs in migrant communities | Central and North America and the Caribbean United States of America |
Principal Investigator | Key recommendations for project development in rural migrant communities along the US/Mexico border | ||
Analysis and Implementation of Objective 1 and 15 of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration using the People Centered Approach for CBPR | Central and North America and the Caribbean United States of America |
Principal Investigator |