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The Victorian Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health Action Plan 2014-2018 was launched by the Hon. David Davis, Victorian Minister for Health, on 19 June 2014.  The plan was the result of a collaboration between the Department of Health and the Victorian Refugee Health Network, and involve

Steven the donkey – the story of Sunday Garang (Reproduced with the kind permission of Sharon Sandy, Student Wellbeing Coordinator, Latrobe English Language Centre, Traralgon.) I was born in a refugee camp named Kakuma, in Kenya.  In the camp, our life was difficult.  We had no

Healthy eyes and good vision are important to all of us for daily life, education, employment and community and family participation.  That is why the Victorian Department of Health, through the Victorian Eyecare Service, provides funding to help people who are disadvantaged or on low

This report presents the evaluation findings and lessons learned from the Asylum Seeker Health Orientation and Triage Model (HOTAS) project that took place from December 2012 – September 2013. A total of 818 asylum seekers attended 17 triage sessions during this period. The proj

IMPORTANT: Unless you are qualified to do so you should not provide legal advice to any client Resources are provided on this page to assist health providers to develop a better understanding of the inherent complexity and uncertainty that asylum seeker clients experience when engaged

Emergency ambulance services for community based asylum seekers with no capacity to pay are free in Victoria. Asylum seekers on bands 4-6 of the Status Resolution Support Service Verified asylum seekers who are on bands 4-6 of the Commonwealth Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS)

St Vincent’s Health Australia, in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, the Ecumenical Migration Centre and the Brotherhood of St Laurence, has published a major study on the health and wellbeing of asylum seekers living in the community. The report details the findings of t

The “Asylum seekers, refugees and human rights: Snapshot report 2013”  provides an overview of the key human rights issues related to asylum seekers who arrive by boat in Australia. Key issues discussed include: onshore detention and processing; third country processing; a

In 2012 the increase in the number of people seeking asylum in Australia required an urgent and coordinated response in the Greater Dandenong region of south eastern Melbourne to ensure local health services could meet the increased demand for health assistance. The collaborative appr

This resource summarised a series of dialogues with over 1,000 refugee, asylum-seeking and internally displaced women and girls in seven countries around the world. Held in both urban and camp settings, the Dialogues were organised between November 2010 and May 2011 in India, Colombia