Roma face widespread discrimination and social exclusion throughout Eastern Europe. This study examines the barriers to accessing prenatal and maternity care among Romani women in Serbia and Macedonia. Although at one time these two countries had a common health system as part of the former Yugoslavia, since independent countries they have diverged in health and social policy, enabling comparison of the impact of such policies on access to care of marginalized groups.
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Teresa Janevic, of Yale University, was a 2010-11 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) [10] fellow.
Publication Date:
November 30, 2010
