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The Independent Advisory Board
Composed of independent experts on policy, migrant health, HIV/AIDS, capacity building and those with lived experience of irregular migrants, the Migrant Health Advisory Board champions our work across the region.
Policy and Research Working Group
Composed of experienced researchers, policy advocates and those working at the grassroots level, this group advocates for research and policy that advances migrant health.
Mi-Health Europe Steering Committee
Composed of representatives of our partner organisations, the Committee provides overall strategic leadership and direction. It ensures that we cultivate a robust network of advocates and organisations across the European region committed to exchanging best practice and advancing innovative solutions to the health and social challenges impacting migrants.
The Mi-Health Team
Ensures that the materials, resources and strategy developed across the platform are aligned with the goals of Mi-Health Europe, facilitates the efforts of the Working Groups and manages the online resource directory of partner organisations and the day-to-day operations of the platform.
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Denis Onyango
Programmes Director
London, UK
Denis Onyango
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London, UK
Programmes Director
Denis is the Programmes Director at Africa Advocacy Foundation. He has over 20 years experience of grassroots community health promotion work focusing on HIV/STIs prevention, testing and treatment access within marginalised and underserved communities, primarily black migrant communities across Europe. He has served on a number of advisory boards including WHO RCC on HIV, Hepatitis and TB; NHS England CRG on PrEP and the UK HIV Commission. He is passionate about improving health service provision for Europe’s most underserved communities, including LGTBI, homeless, migrants, people who inject drugs, sex workers and prisoners.
He is currently a board member of the European Public Health Alliance.
Denis’ background is in education, voluntary sector management, policy, and public health.
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Anna Birnkammer
Mi-Health Programme Officer
Sachsenhausen-Waldeck, Germany
Anna Birnkammer
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Sachsenhausen-Waldeck, Germany
Mi-Health Programme Officer
Anna is a last year international Health Sciences B.Sc. student at the University of Applied Sciences Fulda, Germany. Before she started studying, she did a one-year “Weltwärts” voluntary service in Ghana, which was the cornerstone of her international interest. As part of her studies she did a semester abroad in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and shortly after a 6-month internship at the Africa Advocacy Foundation. After the internship she continued to volunteer on the PrEP and Mi-Health Europe projects. Now she is writing her bachelor thesis on the topic: Inequities in access to HIV services for sub-Saharan African migrants in the UK and working as the Mi-Health Programme Officer at Africa Advocacy Foundation.
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Anne Flaherty-Gupta
Mi-Health Programme Manager
London, UK
Anne Flaherty-Gupta
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London, UK
Mi-Health Programme Manager
Anne is a social worker with over 10 years experience providing direct services and developing and managing programmes in both clinical and community settings. Originally from the United States, she has mainly worked with adults who have experienced and/or committed interpersonal and community violence and who are re-entering the community after incarceration. She holds a Masters in Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health and a Certificate in Violence Studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has provided individual and group therapy to migrant and criminal legal system-involved teens and adults in Chicago. A licensed social worker in the US and a registered social worker in England, she now resides in London.
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Fatima Kaneez
Mi-Health Europe Intern
Birmingham, UK
Fatima Kaneez
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Birmingham, UK
Mi-Health Europe Intern
Fatima is a big enthusiast about social innovation, technology, and communication and finds joy in serving and supporting those most vulnerable through volunteering. She welcomes the challenge of interning for Mi-Health Europe, learning more about health and migration. She finds joy in knowing that not only she is able to be part of an organization advocating for a great cause, but she is also helping throughout the process. She has a bachelor’s degree in Commerce. She absolutely loves having access to continuous learning!
Funders
This initiative has been independently developed by AAF. Mi-Care has been made possible through sponsorship from Gilead Sciences Europe, ViiV Healthcare Europe and Merck Sahrpe & Dohme Europe. Mi-Health Europe has been made possible through sponsorship from Open Society Foundations. The Mi-Health HIV Partnership has been made possible by Gilead Sciences Europe. AAF acknowledges that Gilead Sciences Europe, ViiV Healthcare Europe, Merck Sahrpe & Dohme Europe and Open Society Foundations have not have any control or input into the structure or content of the initiatives.