On December 17, 2021 Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health, TB Europe Coalition with support from HIV Policy Lab (Georgetown University) will hold a Roundtable “Migrants access to healthcare in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: shaping interventions grounded in research evidence” timed to the International Migrant Day. The event will be broadcasted online via
The development of the epidemic indicates that migrants are one of the most vulnerable groups un terms of access to health care. In order to find a way to enable foreign citizens to have access to HIV services no matter what country they are in, the country representatives and the partners of the Regional Group
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
The Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN) conducted an analysis of the situation and needs of migrant sex workers in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia in early 2021. The results of the analysis are presented in a recent briefing paper “Sex Work and Migration in CEECA”. Despite the significant scale of migration of
On 18-19 June, 2021 a Strategic Planning meeting of the Regional Expert Group was held. The event gathered members of the Executive committee, Advisory Board as well close external partners – researchers, and representatives of NGO and government organizations: Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Russia, Russian Federal Service on Surveillance for Consumer Rights and
On June 8, the UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS was opened. On the eve of the official opening, on June 7, a session “Addressing HIV among people on the move in times of COVID-19” was held.
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
The Regional Expert Group on Migration and Health (REG) and TB Europe Coalition (TBEC) are coordinating a series of 3 webinars on TB and migrant health. The final webinar will be held on May, 21 (Friday) 12:00 – 13:30 CEST. The webinars addresses the barriers migrants face when accessing TB and healthcare services across the WHO Europe
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
On April, 20 2021 REG together with TB Europe Coalition held the second of three webinars on TB and Migrant Health. The purpose for this webinar was to discuss policies put in place to address migrant health and TB; what challenges are faced by migrants in the EU in relation to health? What kind of