EQUALITY in HEALTH aims at building an innovative Monitoring and Assessment Tool (MAT) in order to help measure discriminatory perceptions and practices against immigrants, ethnic minorities and different religious population groups in the field of healthcare provision across all levels. Once built, such tool will be applied in Greece, Italy and Finland, therein aiming to assess the current situation, to highlight discriminatory practices as well as to enable the emergence of a better understanding of perceptions and attitudes, rights and risks.

EQUALITY in HEALTH is financed by the DG Employment and Social Affairs of European Commission under the framework of the Community Action Programme to Combat Discrimination 2001 - 2006

The project's priority area is No 6 "Developing monitoring and assessment tools" according to the Community Action Programme to Combat Discrimination 2001 - 2006.- Call for proposals vp/2003/006.