In December 2020, Dmitry Poletaev, Director of Migrant Studies Center, published a study named “Health of labor migrants from Eurasian Economic Union in Russia (based on the example of migrants from Kyrgyzstan)”. The document is based on two sociology studies performed by the expert in 2016 and 2017 among labor migrants from Kyrgyzstan. The aim
Sergey Ievkov: We can be responsible for some health services for migrant children
Sergey Ievkov, founder of “Charitable Hospital”, talks about the need to help migrants’ kids for the future of Russia. It started with my turns in a pediatric department of the observation maternity hospital in Saint Petersburg; this is where migrants and women with HIV end up giving birth, as well as any other person who
Valentina Chupik on syndrome of ‘postponed health’ among labor migrants
Valentina Chupik, executive director of Tong Djahoni, an organization advocating migrants’ rights, explains how volunteers helped migrants to get medical care during the pandemic. Valentina Chupik mentions that about 30 people per year come to Tong Djahoni with the issues related to healthcare. Among those who came to me in 2020, there were migrants with