by EPHA | Dec 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Since EU accession in 2007 Romania and Bulgaria have struggled to retain qualified health professionals. Doctors and nurses in particular have been leaving in significant numbers. Given the impacts of out-migration on health system sustainability and access to...
by EPHA | Oct 23, 2014 | Opinion
Health Commissioner Tonio Borg announced at the EPHA Annual Conference on 4 September 2014, that the European Commission has issued a report on the health status of the Roma population in Europe. The report concludes that Roma in Europe suffer a greater exposure to...
by EPHA | Sep 2, 2014 | News Release, Statements
On 5 April 2011, the European Commission adopted an EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020, calling on Member States to prepare or revise National Roma Integration Strategies to more effectively address the challenges of Roma inclusion. In...
by EPHA | May 12, 2014 | Opinion
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) dedicated its 12 May Public Hearing to the issue of Roma Health and discrimination, to which EPHA, other civil society organisations and European institutions were invited . By presenting the evidence-based EPHA...
by EPHA | Apr 4, 2014 | News Release
Brussels, 4 April 2014 – The need for better policies and funding for Roma inclusion, with an emphasis on local integration in Eastern Europe, is the focus of the Third Roma Summit (1) – a landmark event organised today by the European Commission in Brussels....