On October 27, 2023, a workshop “The Health of Migrants and Refugees from Eastern Europe: access to treatment and services in Germany” took place in Berlin at Deutsche AIDS Hilfe (DAH). The workshop was organized by Krystyna Rivera, REG national coordinator for Germany and Ukraine, with the support of Deutsche AIDS Hilfe and the Vidnova
On October 11, REG together with Red Cross Society Georgia and IFRC held a Round Table on Migration and Health in Tbilisi, Georgia, aiming to promote the dialog and harmonize efforts among those who provide health services for refugees and migrants in Georgia. The event gathered experts from Infection Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research
A new Study developed by REG: “Ukrainian Refugees in European Countries: Barriers, Solutions and Best Practices. Access to HIV and Tuberculosis Care” Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health is pleased to share its new study “Ukrainian Refugees in European Countries: Barriers, Solutions and Best Practices. Access to HIV and Tuberculosis Care”. In this publication,
Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health is happy to invite you to the presentation of its new study “Ukrainian Refugees in European Countries: Barriers, Solutions and Best Practices. Access to HIV and Tuberculosis Care”. If you are an expert or a practitioner interested in migrants and refugee health in Europe, join us on 19 September
21-22 August 2023, Yerevan, Armenia On August 21-22, the Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health in EECA held a Summer School on Migration and Health as part of the #SoS 2.0 project, where participants discussed best practices and solutions of providing medical care to migrants and refugees from the EECA region. The School agenda
Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health (REG) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is pleased to announce a call of expression of interest for a consultant to update the Essential package of HIV care for migrants and refugees in the EECA region with described migrant-sensitive services and ToRs for relevant care providers. Rationale: Migrants
Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health (REG) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is pleased to announce a call of expression of interest for a consultant to develop a methodology to estimate and interpret the Size of Populations Most at Risk to HIV among international migrants Rationale: Migrants and refugees may be given a
WHO considers migration as a risk factor for health, that may depend on the type of migration, the living conditions, as well as on the access to medical care at their places of origin, transit and destination. Migration from Kyrgyzstan is predominantly spontaneous and informal. According to official data, about 720 thousand citizens of Kyrgyzstan
The Regional Expert Group on Migrant Health is organizing a Summer School for experts in migration and public health. The school will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, on August 21-22, 2023. In order to develop a coordinated response to provide healthcare services to people in migration due to emerging flows of people on the move
On June, 6 in Dushanbe a Round Table on protecting of health of Tajik migrants was held on the basis of Republic AIDS Prevention Center. The purpose of the meeting that gathered together the staff of the AIDS Center, the patient community, specialists from NGOs in the region and host countries was to discuss the