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The Department of Health and Human Services is funding the Hume/Whittlesea Refugee Immunisation Project – a pilot project in northwest Melbourne to support the referral, tracking and follow-up of newly arrived humanitarian entrants to ensure they receive recommended immunisation

This summary update details progress on the recommendations from the 2014 needs analysis, A needs analysis of catch-up immunisation in refugee-background and asylum seeker communities in Victoria; including recommendations either partially or fully achieved, and those that are still o

This report examines catch-up immunisation for people of refugee background including people seeking asylum in Victoria, and explores effective models of service delivery to complete catch-up vaccinations. This analysis is based on a premise of equity – that refugee background Victori

This briefing was prepared by the Victorian Refugee Health Network Immunisation Working Group. It documents a number of issues related to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) that have direct impact on service providers and refugee-background communities.

This briefing was prepared by the Victorian Refugee Health Network Immunisation Working Group. It documents concerns relating to the Commonwealth ‘No Jab No Pay’ legislation and the impact on service providers and on refugee-background communities through the effects on Centrelink pay

No one arriving in Australia as a refugee or seeking asylum will be fully vaccinated according to the Australian immunisation schedule. This is due to differences in country of origin schedules, and/or issues with health service access. Refugees and asylum seekers should be vaccinated

  The new Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) and Refugee Health Network of Australia (RHeaNA) Recommendations for comprehensive post-arrival health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds have been launched.  Below is the link to the free PDF, and har

The Network has developed this information sheet to inform case workers and health service staff in Victoria about recent immunisation policy changes that impact on families from refugee backgrounds. Recent immunisation legislation and policy changes require children to be fully up-to

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

Networking Health Victoria has produced Multilingual Immunisation Talking Books that provide immunisation information in an easy to understand format. A pre-immunisation check and post immunisation information have been translated into 22 languages including Burmese, Cambodian, Chin T