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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

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

Community detention was introduced in June 2005 and is a form of immigration detention that enables a person to reside in the community without needing to be escorted.  Asylum Seekers in Community Detention have special arrangements for recieving health services.  This Power Point pre

The Australian Government releases some people  from Immigration Detention Centres (IDC) or immigration detention facilities into the community on a  Bridging Visa  E (BVE). This presentation outlines the health journey of these asylum seekers on Bridging Visa Es  who have arrived by

This flowchart was devised to assist communication between refugee settlement services and General Practitioners. The flowchart outlines government funded services available to newly arriving refugees in their first five years in Australia. The bottom section of the flowchart describe

The Refugee Health Service Coordination Guide for Victoria 2009 is a resource developed by the HealthWest Partnership to support the development of a coordinated approach to providing health services to newly arrived communities. It aims to assist agencies in the development of proces