IPF	Emese Ibolya

Improving Medical School Curricula and Roma Access to Health Care in Hungary Context and background  ▪ Soros network initiatives Public Health Program Roma Initiative Roma Health Workshop Report  ▪ Relevant initiatives worldwide Roma Decade Action Plans ERRC Health Care Initiative  ▪ Annotated papers Equal Treatment Between Persons Decade of Roma Inclusion Discriminatory Treatment in Hungarian Hospitals    Project objectives to provide an overview and analysis of medical school curricula in Hungary for revision and possible improvements in the interest of preparing health care personnel for more effective communication and cooperation with Roma patients to ensure better Roma access to quality health care services increase the life expectancy of the Roma population write a research paper and 20-page policy study in coordination with group advisor with recommendations for the Ministry of Youth, Social and Family Affairs, the Ministry of Education, the National Institute of Public Health, the Hungarian Office of the Wold Health Institution, the National Institute for Strategic Health Research and the National Chamber of Doctors.

Fellow Website ▪ www.policy.hu/ibolya    Fellow activities & publications ▪ expected in April 2006    The fellow ▪ Curriculum vitae ▪ Research proposal ▪ e-mail:    2005 Working Groups ▪ 2005 Working Group Summary ▪ Democratic Governance ▪ Wider Europe ▪ Public Health and Roma ▪ Policy Making ▪ Combatting Organized Crime ▪ Higher Education Reform ▪ Open Society in Former SU ▪ Open Society and Muslims    2006 Working Groups ▪ 2006 Working Group Summary ▪ Wider Europe ▪ Open Muslim Societies ▪ Open Society Threats ▪ Resource Curse ▪ Roma Exclusion ▪ Open Information Policy

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January 2006