After five years of successful collaboration, the RIVER-EU project will conclude with a final public event in Brussels, bringing together communities, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to reflect on key outcomes and discuss pathways for advancing equitable vaccination strategies across Europe.
At the 18th European Public Health Conference (EPHC 2025) in Helsinki, RIVER-EU will host a 1-hour scientific workshop and roundtable discussion on Wednesday, 12 November 2025.
RIVER-EU held a written interview with Nini Lomsadze, Project Manager at the Greek Forum of Migrants, a network comprising 42 migrant and refugee communities and organizations.
In this insightful interview, we dive into the systematic challenges faced by migrants and refugees in Greece regarding access to health services, including vaccination.
In the European Union, every child has a fundamental right to access health services. Equitable health systems should respond to the needs of all children, no matter their living or economic conditions. RIVER-EU is implementing tailor-made interventions to reduce health system barriers for HPV and/or MMR vaccination.
Mr. KR, originally from Afghanistan, has been living in Greece for more than 20 years. His journey has been one of adaptation and perseverance. Fleeing the Taliban’s regime as a teenager, KR found refuge in Greece, where he immersed himself in the language and pursued studies in electronic engineering. However, due to the economic crisis happening at the time…
An Interview with Eugenie Gargalestou, Teacher at the Multicultural School of Athens. The school is one of the local pilot sites in Greece, working closely with RIVER-EU consortium partner Prolepsis, an organisation leading project work on WP4 “Implementation and Evaluation of tailored interventions”.