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
On June 3, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan a Round Table “Migrant health and remote registration for people living with HIV abroad” took place in the partnership of REG, “Istiqbolli Avlod” and AFEW Kyrgyzstan. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the health of migrants in the context of HIV, issues of remote registration for people
The Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health welcomes the decision to withdraw the bill “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” in the Parliament of Georgia. We express our deep respect to the representatives of civil society in Georgia, who were able to defend their right to express themselves and continue working for the wellbeing of Georgian
Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health (REG) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is announcing a tender to conduct a Study “REG is looking for a Sociologist, Health Economist and Coordinator to conduct a Situational and Economic Analysis on Migration and HIV/TB Health Services in Azerbaijan. The proposed project aims to gain an understanding