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.
First Food for Babies is a brochure produced as part of the Food for Everybody project in conjunction with the Maternal and Child Health Team of the City of Greater Dandenong. The brochure is available in English and in Arabic, Sudanese Arabic, Dari, Nuer and Mandarin.
This background paper was developed as part of the Good Food for New Arrivals project, led by ASETTS from 2008-2010. The background paper highlights issues of food insecuirty for people of refugee background in Australia and identifies strategies to address these issues.
This background paper was produced as part of the Good Food for New Arrivals Project at ASETTS in 2008. The paper outlines some common pre and post arrival factors affecting refugee health, and also outlines issues identified as nutritional problems by refugee community groups in Pert