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REG to chair a Migration and Health session at the HSE conference called “Integration of migrants and refugees in the XXI century”

On October 13-15, 2021, an international conference “Migrants and refugees Integration in the 21st Century” will be held at the the Institute for Social Policy of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Co-organizers of the conference are the French-Russian Research Center for Social Sciences in Moscow, Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health

HIV-positive citizens of Kyrgyzstan getting ART while abroad

Aybar Sultangaziev, Director of the “Partner Network” Association, discusses helping HIV-positive migrants from Kyrgyzstan. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of the civil society sector and its donators in Kyrgyzstan became clearly seen both in the attempts to control coronavirus and related limitations. The government also says that it supports civil society and freedom of

Presentation of the Two REG’s Operational Studies

The Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health in EECA will hold a Presentation of Two Operational Studies. The event will be held on May, 14 (Friday) 2021 from 14:00 to 15:30 (Moscow time) and will be broadcasted online via Zoom. To participate, please fill in a registration form The purpose of the meeting is

The Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health (REG) has finalized the #HealthWithoutBorder Campaign

The Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health (REG) and TB Europe Coalition (TBEC) have concluded the#HealthWithoutBorders Campaign that was dedicated to World TB Day. For over a month, we have publicised 8 stories of people affected by tuberculosis, who were migrants in either Eastern or in Western Europe. These people face many additional challenges to the already

Situational analysis of HIV services for migrants in Russia

13 Apr 2021 The Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health has conducted a sociological study to evaluate the accessibility to healthcare services for HIV-positive foreign citizens in Russia. Stage I: literature review In the last two decades, many countries stroke down laws discriminating against HIV-positive migrants. These countries include the USA, South Korea, El