Dmitry Poletaev, Director of the Migration Studies Center , talks about migrants’ attitude towards their health Dmitry Polеtaev, Director of the Migration Studies Center and a leading scientific fellow at the Institute for National Economic Forecasts of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is a coauthor of several studies dedicated to migrants and healthcare. According to Dmitry,
How do migrants act when in need of medical care? Here, we explain five main strategies described in a study by Ekaterina Demintseva and Daniel Kashnitsky, investigators from the Institute for Social Policy, HSE University Russia is one of the most popular and important destinations for labor migrants from ex-Soviet republics, especially low-income Central Asian
Botirjon Shermuhammad, lawyer and founder of the Migrant support centerin Russia, talks about voluntary medial insurance for migrants and explains why they still prefer to travel back to their home countries for treatment. In Russia, if a migrant feels sick, in most cases he or she just lives with it. When it becomes unbearable, they
Angelika Dobrieva, phycisian, deputy head of Civic Assistance committee on medical issues, talks about access to Russian healthcare for foreign citizens, related challenges and help from charitable organizations What are main challenges of access to healthcare services for migrants and refugees in Russia? Such access depends on a person’s status in the country. We can
On January, 28 the Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health held an online workshop for journalists called “HIV, COVID-19 and Migration in Eastern Europe and Central Asia region”. The main purpose of the event was to highlight the issues of Migration and HIV in the media context, to provide journalists and communication professionals with
On January, 28 the Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health will hold an online workshop for journalists “HIV, COVID-19 and Migration in Eastern Europe and Central Asia region”. Experts from UNAIDS, Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health, as well as journalists who cover the issue of