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.
Recommends all people from refugee-like backgrounds, including children, should be offered a tailored comprehensive health assessment and management plan, ideally within one month of arrival in Australia.
The latest edition of Refugee Health Matters has been published by the Victorian Refugee Health Fellows. This edition focuses on the new Recommendations for comprehensive post-arrival health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds recently launched by the Australasian Soc
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
These guidelines are for all services delivered through the Community Health Program to meet the needs of people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. The guidelines aim to support consistency across the state in planning, program design and service delivery. The guidelines are
The 2012 update of the Refugee Health Care: A handbook for health professionals discusses new refugee communities settled in New Zealand, emerging trends in the health of refugee groups and current therapies, and adds new service providers. Written in consultation with health provider
This website provides up to date guidelines on: Overview of health issues in immigrant children Initial assessment and screening Education assessment Hepatitis B screening Immunisation catch-up schedule Interpreters Iron deficiency and anaemia Malaria screening Mental health resources
The Australasian Infectious Diseases Society (ASID) Guidelines on Diagnosis, management and prevention of infections in recently arrived refugees provides comprehensive information on refugee health including recommended screenings for all recently arrived refugees. The ASID guideline
This website provides comprehensive information on the who, the why and the how-to of caring for people from refugee backgrounds in primary care settings. The guides contain practice-based research and information on the following topics: Refugee patients in primary care Identifying p
This desktop guide accompanies the Promoting Refugee Health: A guide for doctors, nurses and other health care providers caring for people of refugee background (3rd edition). The guide contains sections on: identifying patients from a refugee background engaging interpreters consulta
This desktop guide accompanies the Promoting Refugee Health: A guide for doctors, nurses and other health care providers caring for people of refugee background (3rd edition). The guide contains sections on: identifying patients from a refugee background engaging interpreters consulta