Health Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/tag/health/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:22:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Health Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/tag/health/ 32 32 Health for Roma in Slovenia https://rroma.org/health-for-roma-in-slovenia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=health-for-roma-in-slovenia Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:22:24 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30221 The Institute for the Study of Gender Equality (Ipes) presented the Fortuna project, which addresses discrimination in healthcare, which makes […]

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]]> The Institute for the Study of Gender Equality (Ipes) presented the Fortuna project, which addresses discrimination in healthcare, which makes it more difficult for Roma men and women to access services and often receive worse treatment. They investigated administrative, linguistic and logistical barriers, lack of information, distrust in institutions, experiences of discrimination, as well as the quality of treatment received by members of this largest European minority, which is known to have a significantly worse health picture compared to the majority population. According to Ana Pavlič, Ipesa’s program director, life expectancy in Slovenia for its members is more than 20 years lower, and child mortality is four times higher. A major indicator of inequality in health care is also early childbirth, with two-thirds of births among Roma women occurring between the ages of 15 and 24. “So women are starting to give birth at very young ages, which certainly indicates a high level of distrust in health institutions related to contraception and reproductive rights,” Pavlič said at a press conference.

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]]> Clinic for Roma https://rroma.org/clinic-for-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clinic-for-roma Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:56:05 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=28693 A doctor in Leeds has created a drop in clinic for Roma. Lidia Persidia Holea, from the AME for Roma […]

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]]> A doctor in Leeds has created a drop in clinic for Roma. Lidia Persidia Holea, from the AME for Roma support group, set up the initiative after she noticed a lack of trust between the community and doctors and nurses, which could lead to poorer health.

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]]> Roma and Covid https://rroma.org/roma-and-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-and-covid Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:44:29 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27364 A book, called “Ethnographic Methods in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Research”, subtitled “Lessons from a Time of Crisis published in […]

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]]> A book, called “Ethnographic Methods in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Research”, subtitled “Lessons from a Time of Crisis published in 2024 by Bristol University Press edited by anthropologist Martin Fotta from Slovakia and by Paloma Gay y Blasco from the University of St Andrews, investigates the impact of the covid pandemic on Roma communities.

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]]> North Macedonia and Roma https://rroma.org/north-macedonia-and-roma-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=north-macedonia-and-roma-3 Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:47:11 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27157 An interview with Aziza Sally, coordinator of the association “Initiative for the Rights of Roma Women from Shuto Orizari”. She […]

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]]> An interview with Aziza Sally, coordinator of the association “Initiative for the Rights of Roma Women from Shuto Orizari”. She says that since the pandemic, not a single patronage nurse has visited a mother from the Roma community. Roma women have been facing the same problems in the country for decades – from discrimination in the educational process to institutional belittling and humiliation.

Bad.

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]]> Bulgaria, Roma, and Doctors https://rroma.org/bulgaria-roma-and-doctors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-roma-and-doctors Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:23:30 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25939 An article in the Czech press about Bulgaria’s drive to form more doctors and medical staff from the Roma community. […]

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]]> An article in the Czech press about Bulgaria’s drive to form more doctors and medical staff from the Roma community. And it works …

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]]> Bulgaria: Roma Doctors https://rroma.org/bulgaria-roma-doctors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-roma-doctors Sun, 24 Nov 2024 07:31:51 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25878 A long article about young Roma studying medicine, health care, or dentistry. They are definitively needed as the Bulgarian health […]

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]]> A long article about young Roma studying medicine, health care, or dentistry. They are definitively needed as the Bulgarian health care system is suffering from a lack of personel.

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]]> Slovakia, Roma, and Poor Health https://rroma.org/slovakia-roma-and-poor-health/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-roma-and-poor-health Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:06:26 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25829 Anthropologist Andrej Belák from the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) has published a scientific study in one of the most […]

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]]> Anthropologist Andrej Belák from the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) has published a scientific study in one of the most prestigious social science journals in the world. It is focused on the causes of the poor health status of excluded Roma in Slovakia.

The published work is mainly based on a series of in-depth field research carried out between 2004 and 2015. “These mapped in detail the daily practice of the excluded Roma themselves and then various professionals of the health system who worked with the excluded Roma on a daily basis,” the SAV spokeswoman explained. According to her, the work brings to the fore and vividly summarizes deeper connections that have been little known in the international context until now.

Well, you do not really need a PhD to understand that exclusion and poverty are not good for one’s health…

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]]> Bulgaria, Roma, and Health https://rroma.org/bulgaria-roma-and-health/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-roma-and-health Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:50:20 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25720 The regional health inspectorate in Pernik organizes free preventive examinations for children of Roma origin with a mobile office – […]

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]]> The regional health inspectorate in Pernik organizes free preventive examinations for children of Roma origin with a mobile office – the institution reports. The purpose of these examinations is to improve the health status and access to medical care of people from vulnerable groups, as well as those living in areas far from medical facilities.

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]]> Slovakia, Roma, and Health https://rroma.org/slovakia-roma-and-health/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-roma-and-health Wed, 17 Jul 2024 06:41:16 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=24532 The Slovak Ministry of Health reacted to the comments of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’ […]

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]]> The Slovak Ministry of Health reacted to the comments of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’ Flaherty, who, after a recent visit to Slovakia, called on the Slovak authorities to urgently address the “terrible living conditions” of thousands of Roma, and improve their access to health.

The ministry said they would support programs for “socially excluded groups”.

Let’s see.

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]]> Slovakia’s Settlements and Hygiene https://rroma.org/slovakias-settlements-and-hygiene/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakias-settlements-and-hygiene Sat, 27 Apr 2024 06:10:42 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=23807 A local project in a Roma settlement saw the creation of a “hygiene centre”, a place where the residents of […]

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]]> A local project in a Roma settlement saw the creation of a “hygiene centre”, a place where the residents of the settlement can come, take a shower, wash clothes etc. They have set up washing machines. In brief all sort of amenities that do not exist there.

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