Myths on bodies and health of the Roma discussed at the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Picture credit Each year, the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) organizes a national ‘Week of Science and Technology’ – an… Read more »
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Malnutrition in children under 5 in Serbia: great differences between Roma and non Roma
According to the World Health Organisation “children represent the future and ensuring their healthy growth and development ought to be a prime… Read more »
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How to improve health of the Roma? Workshop at the upcoming European Public Health conference!
Who is attending the European Public Health Conference in Glasgow this coming November? In case you do, we have a… Read more »
Health care and employment of Roma people in central Europe: two new WHO reports, available for free!
If you are interested in social inequalities in Roma people as much as we do (recent examples here, here and here), you might be… Read more »
Study confirms higher rates of some cardiovascular risk factors in Roma compared with non-Roma.
As we have discussed in a previous post, the health of Roma population is reported to be worse compared to the health of… Read more »
Barriers in accessing health services and health status in Roma and non-Roma in Slovakia
The health of people of Roma ethnicity, has been shown to be poorer compared to people of non-Roma ethnicity in various studies.… Read more »
Socioeconomic inequalities in health betweeen Roma and non-Roma in Serbia: new article in the IJPH!
The International Journal of Public Health is very much interested in work relating to socioeconomic inequalities in health. In… Read more »