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Roma Health Scholarship Program

Building a generation of Roma medical professionals

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Scholars in support of flood victims

During the visits they measured blood pressure, blood sugar and made some talks about what preventive health care should be taken on hygiene habits right now to prevent potential epidemics and disease, as well as about food safety in flooded areas.

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"Together against Diabetes and Hypertension"

The aim of the campaign was to raise awareness of the inhabitants of Mirkovtsi about the possibilities for prevention and prophylaxis of the disease, as well as practical guidance and advice for the treatment of those affected by the disease.

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The Roma Students Office in Nis

Office helps young Roma men and women to overcome the worries related to studying. The most active in its work are the scholarship holders of the Roma Education Fund and the Open Society Fund of Serbia and Hungary in the area of health.

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Roma Health Scholarship Program

Advocacy component organized as summer schools, where the scholarship beneficiaries receive trainings aimed at personal development and fostering leadership skills, introduction to health advocacy process, perspectives on the Right to Health, presentation of the Roma culture and tradition specificities that contributes to building networks of the Roma health experts as an important partner in development and implementation of public policies and further in the inclusion process implementation. Also, the trainings enabled the applicants to improve their communication and negotiation skills in order to strengthen them in their role of the agents for change in the local communities with their professional capacities – particularly in the role of inter-cultural dialogue mediators. The trainings offer a broader perspective to the candidates on the human rights related topics in the field of the Roma community health as well as the role they can have as advocates of the Roma health-related rights on the local, national and international level.


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Open Society Foundations

Open Society Foundations provide the overall support for the RHSP.