Roma Health
Working towards a Europe where all Roma can benefit from an improved standard of physical, mental and social well-being to contribute to the development of their home communities and host societies.
Publications
Closing the life expectancy gap of Roma in Europe
Post-2020 EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies
EPHA’s Response to EU Evaluation of the National Roma Integration Strategies
Latest Developments
New network aims to tackle Roma health inequalities highlighted by COVID-19
Roma and non-Roma organisations are joining together in a new network to highlight the health inequalities facing Roma communities in Europe
read moreEPHA joins calls for more support for Romani and traveller children and their families in COVID-19 responses
EPHA joins calls for more support for Romani and traveller children and their families in COVID-19 responses
read moreEPHA joins calls to ensure Roma children’s continued access to education during and after COVID-19
The European Public Health Alliance has joined calls from the Roma Education Fund and a number of other organisations to call for the...
read moreAnalysis & Opinion
How does anti-Gypsyism define Roma quality of life?
On International Roma Day, how Roma communities have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak
read moreHealth inequalities: a public health challenge for European policy-makers
All key policies should include health perspectives in order to successfully reduce health inequalities and prevent such disparities in the future.
read moreRevitalizing the Role of Roma Civil Society for Health Equity: A Call to Action
How can Roma civil society be better supported to improve their local communities
read moreRoma Health Network
The Roma Health Network strives to close the gap in health between Roma and non-Roma by tackling the uneven distribution of environmental and social determinants responsible for physical and mental health and wellbeing.
By our Roma Fellows
Benefitting children, parents and community: the Sure Start Programme in Hungary
The positive effects are already observed in local kindergartens with children showing improvement in social skills, adaptability, vocabulary and mobility.
read moreFree dental medicine for children from disadvantaged families
Why must children suffer from infected teeth because they are poor and their families receive social welfare?
read moreHealth mediators in action in Slovak hospitals
Roma Health Mediators (RHM) in hospitals to develop and implement temporary affirmative action for the most vulnerable groups in the area of health.
read morePast Events
Every child deserves to thrive
14 May 2019
The role of the EU in promoting and encouraging investment in early childhood development.
Roma contribution to a healthy Europe
12 April 2018
Antigypsysm: combating negative attitudes about Roma in Romania
6 September 2017