Roma living in segregated communities suffer from high rates of chronic and infectious diseases, as well as reduced physical and mental (SIC!) performance. In some areas of Slovakia, their life expectancy is 15 years lower than in the majority population. Therefore, the Ministry of Health already launched the Health Promotion Program for the Disadvantaged Communities in Slovakia in 2013, which in 2015 was changed to a program aimed at supporting the improvement of Roma health from segregated areas, especially in the 150 municipalities identified as the least developed. This is stated in the information material submitted by the Minister of Health Tomáš Drucker and the Government has taken note of it at today’s meeting.
A new national program is being set up to continue the work.
How about simply integrating the Roma???

– Ministerstvo zdravotníctva spúšťa nový program pre Rómov: Trpia vysokou frekvenciou ochorení. In: Topky. 07.10.2017. http://www.topky.sk/cl/100535/1660553/Ministerstvo-zdravotnictva-spusta-novy-program-pre-Romov–Trpia-vysokou-frekvenciou-ochoreni [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/100535/1660553/Ministerstvo-zdravotnictva-spusta-novy-program-pre-Romov–Trpia-vysokou-frekvenciou-ochoreni”]