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The National Working
Group was carrying its activity within the Sastipen project „Reduction
of Health Inequalities in the Roma Community”; program financed by the
European Commission, through Health and Consumer’s Protection
Directorate, Direction C – Public Health and Risk Assessment.
The event is organised by the Roma Center for Social Intervention and
Studies – Romani CRISS.
Objectives of the
meeting:
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To inform the
participants regarding the project implementation stage and other
initiatives on health and health related projects.
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To discuss about
health situation of Roma community in several areas of Romania
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To share
experiences on health work and discuss about the content of the
manual
Participants:
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Conclusion related to the manual:
The
brochure “Health and Roma community“ was discussed in the National
Working Group and was adapted to Romanian Roma situation. It was agreed
that the structure of the brochure proposed could not have been of much
help to Roma and non Roma actors in the field of health. Therefore, few
chapters were changed in order to publish a manual closer to Romanian
reality.
The
conclusions drafted by the working group at both meetings were:
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Starting from the fact that there are no doctors
or medical units in many Roma communities, to elaborate clauses
within the law that would actuate the physicians to work in Roma
communities. Still, it might raise the problem of ethnicisation. The
present legislation allows granting of bonuses only for geographical
underprivileged areas
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The non-insured person has to pay approximately
200,000 Rol/ month to be ensured, including retroactively. It was
signalled the necessity of having a new starting point of this rule,
followed by information campaigns and this will contribute to an
increased number of ensured persons.
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To involve the elected political leaders in
applying the public health policies at local and national level
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Information campaigns targetting children
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To improve the quality of services in Roma or
isolated communities
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To carry out the campaign in schools, churches,
from house to house or the places where Roma work
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The Ministry of Health carries out information
campaign in schools too. The proposal is to collaborate and sign a
partnership agreement of the Ministry of Health with the Ministry of
Education, resulting in a joint Order.
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The necessity of a better co-operation between the
doctors, local authorities and health mediators
General recommendations for improving the Roma health condition and
their access to health services”
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to extend the health services units (fix or
mobile) in the field
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to extend the network of medical-social units
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to extend the number of health mediator and
Roma community mediators
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to carry out raising awareness campaigns
focused on the necessity of preventing rather than treating
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to be aware of the importance of quality of
food and regular life
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to teach the minimal heath education on
diseases in general
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to carry out information and education
campaigns on the rights and obligations of the assisted persons
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to involve in the information campaigns all
the decisional factors: State institutions, political and
informal Roma leaders, NGOs and other civil society
associations, religious and spiritual leaders of the community
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