State Contribution Organisation of the Ministry of Health Healthy regions continue to intensively implement preventive, control and protection measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic in an environment of marginalised Roma communities. There are approximately 300 employees in the field of the organization who operate in 450 Roma settlements in Slovakia. –The key task of today is to follow all measures, to focus on hygiene, health protection and prevention. Therefore, I welcome any activity that focuses on these priorities, including the organisation of Healthy Regions, the promoter of the National Healthy Communities 2B project. In the current period, all steps that aim to effectively and effectively prevent and protect the health of the population and in marginalised Roma communities are extremely important. Providing qualified information on the importance of maintaining isolation and also on protecting the most vulnerable members of households in settlements is one of the tasks of the National Healthy Communities project, for which it is thanks to the organisers and also to all people on the ground, stated Minister of Health Marek Krajčí. Assistance and contributory organisation coordinators Healthy regions are in close contact with municipalities, regional public health authorities and help in the field to find close contacts as well as people with symptoms of the disease when registering for testing. Assistants conduct awareness and provide synergies in the provision of home service, which is currently in isolation, and also in the provision of transport for testing, in communication with doctors, health professionals or emergency services operations. The staff of the organisation on the ground shall proceed in accordance with the specialized epidemic control manual.The mutual cooperation of all the components is very important at this time because a rapid and targeted response to the development of the situation is essential, so that the spread of the disease can be prevented in a timely manner. Our organization has been monitoring since March 2020, at regular weekly intervals. A wide network of field workers allows for this. The database, created from the beginning of the pandemic to date, represents the relevant systematic collection of disease-related information COVID-19 from marginalized Roma communities, stressed Director of the contributory organisation Healthy regions of Tatiana Hrustič. Any location in which
Assistants from Healthy Regions operate, has their specifics, poor material conditions at community and household level lead to an increased risk of infectious diseases. The awareness-raising activities carried out by field workers are of great importance for the prevention and health protection of all residents. The work of each and every assistant is a step towards preventing the spread of COVID-19. Employees in the field have received several trainings focusing on COVID-19 under the guidance of epidemiologists. During the summer months, professionals from INTERNATIONAL RESCUE SYSTEM gave them their experience in solving emergencies as well as in saving lives. The central theme was crisis management and the basic principles of health protection during a pandemic.Organisation Healthy regions is a contribution organization of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic whose mission is the implementation and development of health measures. Health mediation in marginalised Roma communities is a set of activities to improve health conditions.The organisation has the task of assisting the health department in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in the environment of marginalised Roma communities. Organisation Healthy Regions Implements National project Healthy 2B communities thanks to support from the European Social Fund under the Human Resources Operational Programme.
