OSI Supports Journalists Investigating Health Care for Roma
March 20, 2008
OSI's Roma Health project supported the Center for Independent Journalism, based in Romania, to develop investigative journalism on the topic of access to health care for Roma.  more

Decade of Roma Inclusion: 2007 Serbia Report
January 2008
With support from OSI's Roma Health Project, this Minority Rights Center report examines developments made in 2007 as part of implementing the Decade of Roma Inclusion in Serbia.  more

Malignant Neglect
Seyward Darby
October 10, 2007
Romani women in Hungary are three times more likely than other women to die of breast cancer—and the reasons are avoidable, according to this article in the OSI-supported journal Transitions Online. more

Persistence Pays: The Challenges and Rewards of One NGO’s Health Promotion Outreach Among Roma Drug Users
September 2007
Produced with the support of OSI’s Roma Health Project, this report outlines health promotion efforts undertaken among the Roma community by the Initiative for Health Foundation, based in Sofia.  more

OSI Grantees Advocate for Roma Involvement in Bulgarian Health Programs
July 2008
With support from OSI, two Roma NGOs have launched an advocacy campaign to involve Roma civil society in Bulgarian health care systems.  more

First Nongovernmental Methadone Program Launched in Roma Community in Bulgaria
June 2008
Beginning in May 2008, with the support of the OSI Roma Health Project, the Initiative for Health Foundation has launched a methadone maintenance program in Sofia, Bulgaria.  more

OSI Seminar: Strategies for Addressing the Health Consequences of Drug Use in Roma Communities
Sofia, Bulgaria
September 25, 2008
This OSI seminar will provide technical training for Roma activists and health service providers to improve harm reduction services for Roma communities.  more

Panel on Forced Sterilization of Romani Women at the 2008 Women's World Congress
Madrid, Spain
July 5, 2008
As part of the 2008 Women's World Congress, the OSI Roma Health Project supported a panel discussion and advocacy campaign to raise awareness of the coerced sterilization of Romani women in Europe.  more