In 1971, at the first Roma Congress in London, 8 April was declared International Roma Day. This event marks the beginning of the Roma civil rights movement, and was a first step towards the recognition of Roma as a fully-fledged people fighting for equal rights and...
The European Public Health Alliance has once again reiterated calls for Roma health to be put at the heart of the new Roma framework after 2020 in its response to the EU consultation on the revised Council Recommendations and Communication on the post-2020 EU...
DOWNLOAD PAPER In 2009 the European Commission issued a communication on “Solidarity in health” addressing health disparities unequally affecting the most vulnerable members of the European society, calling for reducing the health gap. One year later the Marmot Review...
Daniela E. Miranda & Manuel Garcia-Ramirez Universidad de Sevilla, Center for the Study of Health, Power and Diversity The unfair distribution of the social determinants of health has led Roma communities to live in extreme poverty across Europe. It has been...
In the context of an economically-growing and dynamic European society, health becomes a prerequisite for competitiveness, positive demographic change and progress within European countries. Health is a crucial factor that defines an individual European’s personal...
