Welcome to the Victorian Refugee Health Network.
We work to develop responsive health service systems that meet the needs of people from refugee backgrounds, including asylum seekers.
People from refugee backgrounds may have unique clinical needs as a result of poor or interrupted access to healthcare. Person centred care is central to all clinical work with people from refugee backgrounds, and therefore the health concerns and priorities of the patient must be add
Dr Karen Kiang, Refugee Health Fellow at the Royal Children’s Hospital presented a webinar on 4th February 2016 about on-arrival health assessments for children, with a focus on the needs of people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. This webinar was sponsored by the Victo