by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 8, 2021 | Roma Health | Latest Developments
On International Roma Day, as part of the Roma Health network, the European Public Health Alliance has joined calls for greater involvement by Roma and pro-Roma health groups in efforts to tackle the health and social inequalities European Roma continue to face. In...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 18, 2021 | Roma Health | Latest Developments
A new Council Recommendation calls on EU Member States to consolidate efforts to adopt and implement measures to promote equality and effectively prevent and combat multiple and structural discrimination and antigypsyism as well as social and economic exclusion of...
by Radost Zaharieva | Nov 14, 2020 | Health Inequalities, Roma Health | Latest Developments, Roma Health | Publications
Persistent disparities between Roma and non-Roma are observed in EU Member States and Candidate countries regardless of the social and economic situation within the countries. Inequalities in employment, access to decent housing, quality education and healthcare, but...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 8, 2020 | Children and Youth, Health Inequalities, Roma Health | Latest Developments
The European Public Health Alliance, the International Step by Step Association (ISSA), through its initiative the Romani Early Years Network, welcomes the European Commission’s commitment to strengthen the protection of vulnerable children through the development of...
by Radost Zaharieva | Jun 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Health Inequalities, Roma Health | Latest Developments
As COVID-19 spread across Europe, it has become clear that European Roma, who have some of the lowest opportunities, are among the most vulnerable groups to have been most affected by this public health emergency. Civil society organisations across Europe have already...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Health Inequalities, Roma Health | Latest Developments
The COVID-19 pandemic has added a new challenge to young European Roma and their families. Many Roma children and their families are already living in crowded and unhealthy formal settlements or precarious informal slums, often without access to electricity, running...
