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Here you’ll find the latest news on refugee health related information, resources, research, professional development opportunities, and professional networks. The Network publishes a monthly e-Bulletin that shares current news, resources, and showcases good practice from the refugee health sector in Victoria and Australia. You can subscribe to our e-Bulletin using the subscription form below the articles.
Updated advice on the risk of measles in Victoria
The Victorian Refugee Health Network aims to provide regular updates on the evolving risk of measles in Victoria.
The National Refugee Nutrition Network (NRNN) is back online
Next meeting on 27th May! The NRNN connects health and nutrition professionals working with, or researching, people from a refugee background so they can share knowledge & resources, best practice, and clinical challenges.
Listening Beyond the System: Bicultural Voices on Mental Health
“Many people don’t know the importance of bicultural workers… I’m one of them and absolutely I faced all of the problems, all of the difficulties that currently they are facing in their life.”
The Water Well Project
The Water Well Project is an award-winning charity that improves the health and wellbeing of communities from migrant, refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds by improving their health literacy.
CONNECT: Free, Rapid HIV Testing
CONNECT is a national initiative designed to expand access to free, private, and rapid HIV self-testing through discreet, wall-mounted vending machines.
Resources available from the April 2026 Statewide Meeting
We had over 120 people sign up for our Statewide Meeting in April! If you missed it, you can see the presentation slides here.
Submission: Australia’s Humanitarian Program 2026-27
This policy submission highlights the need for sustainable efforts to be made to ensure positive health and wellbeing outcomes for all Humanitarian Program entrants.
Victorian Multicultural Health Survey 2026
Have your say and put forward your ideas to build a fairer and more inclusive healthcare system for multicultural Victorians.
Now extended to Sunday 14th June!
Settlement Data Bulletin Q4 2025
A total of 1,968 people arrived in the fourth quarter of 2025 as a refugee or humanitarian entrant (visa subclass 200, 201, 202, 204) and were recorded as residing in Victoria. Download the latest settlement data here.
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The Network publishes a monthly e-Bulletin that shares current news and resources and showcases good practice from the refugee health sector in Victoria and Australia.







