Of Post-Soviet Demographics– Russian Roulette Episode #38

In this episode of Russian Roulette, Olya and Jeff sit down with Judy Twigg, an expert on the health and demographic landscape of Eastern European and/or post-Soviet countries, to get updated on the current state of affairs when it comes to of health care, health policy, birth and death rates, migration, how Kyrgyzstan got health reform right, and other demographic issues affecting key countries and the region as a whole. To hear more from Judy, check out her bio, here, https://www.csis.org/people/judyth-twigg, and read her recent report on Ukraine’s health sector, https://www.csis.org/analysis/ukraines-health-sector.

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