The Tuscany Region has developed helpful tools to guide health and social services for the migrant population and to provide support to the Tuscan Health System service providers. The Centre for Global Health aims to list such projects of integration between health and social policies, which are active in the region and addressed to the migrant population.
MAMMA SEGRETA
The project “Mamma Segreta” was created to prevent abandonment at birth and to support pregnant women and mothers with serious difficulties, ensuring they receive all possible support from regional and hospital services in the region.
CASE FOR NEW MOTHERS
In all Tuscany birth centres, a briefcase containing everything necessary to take care of the health of the child is delivered to new mothers, along with a paediatric booklet.
The material is produced in the Tuscany Region in collaboration with the Federation of Italian paediatricians, Semi Association for SIDS, and the AOU Meyer breast milk bank. The content of the case is translated into languages that are most common among migrants to Tuscany.
CODE PINK
Code Pink is a route to the emergency room for those who suffer from violence. Not only women, but also the elderly, children, disabled, homosexuals, and immigrants. People who may find themselves in a situation of weakness and vulnerability and whose signs of violence are not always obvious. The project provides for the intervention of an inter-institutional task force for the protection and support of people who suffer due to violence.
CONTRACT – AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN TUSCANY
Through regional coordination, Tuscany has set up “a regional system against the trafficking of human beings”, a system that consolidates and plans all interventions in support of the victims of trafficking and exploitation, enhancing and creating partnerships with all public and private social services, which in previous years have nevertheless guaranteed an adequate response in their specific territories.
DONATE BLOOD
Many people donate blood in Tuscany, but this still cannot cover the needs of the sick. Becoming a regular donor is a conscious choice that is important for oneself and for others: blood is a daily necessity for some patients, so it is important to be able to count on new donors.
VACCINATIONS AGAINST PAPILLOMA VIRUS
The human papilloma virus, usually contracted via sexual activity, causes cervical cancer. Vaccination represents an effective weapon of prevention. The Tuscany Health System has produced guides for all Tuscan girls as well as girls of other nationalities over the age of eleven.
www.regione.toscana.it/-/vaccinarsi-contro-il-papillomavirus
FOCUS ON HEALTH OF MIGRANTS
Why
National and Regional Legislation in Defence of the Right to Health for All
Where
Georeferenced Map for Social and Health Services
How
Guide to Health and Social Services
The Projects
List of Projects Launched
The Courses
The Training Projects
The Numbers
A.R.S. Data
