Indicator history

These are related to the ineffectiveness of immunisation campaigns among the inhabitants of segregated Roma neighbourhoods. The rapid spread of diseases is also prompted by negative factors that affect the overall health status of the segregated communities, including overpopulation, poor sanitary conditions and lack of hygiene.  

As an example, an epidemic of measles, affecting almost exclusively the Roma minority, was registered in 2010.  Under an Amalipe Center data Бюлетин на Център Амалипе 05/2010 a total of 14,470 people were affected from January to April 2010 according to reports of non-governmental organisations. Between 94 % and 98% of the victims of the disease in different parts of the country were of Roma origin and 10 of the 19 cases resulting in death of the patients were Roma minors.