Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health invites public health and migration experts to an online meeting to discuss the Assessment of Ukrainian Refugees’ Access to HIV Services in the Russian Federation conducted in July 2022. The meeting will be held online on September, 30 at 10:00 CEST (11:00 Kyiv time) via Zoom in English
The Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health (REG) is looking for an experienced Project Coordinator for a part-time (3/4) position to join the Executive Committee of the Regional Expert Group of Migration and Health For detailes please see the Terms of Reference . If you are interested in applying, please send your CV and
REG is pleased to announce a call of expression of interest for researchers to conduct a Study “Ukrainian refugees in receiving countries: barriers, coping strategies and community engagement to enable effective access to HIV and TB care”. Objective of the Stydy: the proposed project aims are to explore specific barriers Ukrainian refugees living with HIV
Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health in Eastern Europe and Central Asia invites Georgia based companies to participate in Competitive bidding (tender) in order to provide logistics and administrative services for the three upcoming international events. The deadline for submission of proposals is September 20, 2022, 18:00 Tbilisi. For detailed information, please, see the Terms
“Situation and Economic Analysis of HIV Services for International Migrants in Kazakhstan” This report presents the results of a situational and economic analysis conducted in 2021-2022, which examined the availability of health care to HIV-positive migrants temporarily residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and analysed the barriers and trajectories of their overcoming in access to
The Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health conducted the study: “Overview of civil society-based and facility-based best practices in providing support to foreign migrants in the Russian Federation and eliminating the barriers in their access to HIV services” The goal of this study is documenting the best practices in providing support and eliminating barriers
The Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health has prepared a series of information materials on various aspects of health for migrants in Russia. Doctors and social workers both from Russia and from other EECA countries, who have extensive experience in working with the target audience, as well as professional translators, participated in the preparation
On March 10-11 2022 REG together with Central Asian Association of People Living with HIV held a meeting “Health of HIV positive migrants in Eastern Europe and Central Asia” in Almaty, Kazakhstan in the framework of #SOS project and with the financial support from UNAIDS. This was a face-to-face event to discuss and exchange experience
Dear colleagues, Due to the escalating humanitarian crisis and the increasing flows of refugees from Ukraine, the Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health and the EECA Regional Platform created a spreadsheet to fill contacts details of face-to-face and online services for refugees and migrants (with a focus on HIV care and key population groups).https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rNun6Qe8kPHuecoOdBvU-YTnVlLHiYM7iPB-jF4RoGg/edit?usp=sharing
The Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health conducted two studies in two EECA countries— Armenia and Uzbekistan aimed to gain an understanding about the legal and institutional barriers the returned migrants face: “Situation analysis of migration HIV-related health services for returned migrants in Armenia and Uzbekistan”. The Russian Federation, which is the host