ABDGN is the only network of its kind with a specific focus on African, Black, Diaspora, Migrant and Refugee (ABDMR) key populations. They remain committed to surfacing issues affecting Black and African diaspora populations; highlighting key priorities, discussing the importance of neglected intersectional issues related to health and HIV in the global policy arena and collaborating with other networks for change.

Purpose

They advocate for health and human rights for the diverse cultural, faith, and linguistic communities that exist around the world. African and Black Diaspora Migrant and Refugee (ABDMR) populations represent a mix of forced and willing migration of Africans and their descendants. These populations are diverse and may or may not have maintained strong economic, cultural and familial ties with their countries of origin.

These populations include descendants from the transatlantic slave trade, which resulted in populations of African descendants living in the Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and Western Europe. These populations also includes populations of recent migrants (e.g. economic African migrants in Australia), multi-generational populations (e.g. African-Americans in the United States; second generation Caribbean populations in Canada), refugee and asylum seekers (e.g. African refugees in Western Europe and MENA region) and mobile populations (e.g. Caribbean populations working/living in multiple countries around the region).