Category: Refugee Health
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Taking migrant women’s health context into account
Zohra Lassi, Negin Mirzaei Damabi, Abela Mahimbo Since 1945, Australia has welcomed close to a million refugees. However, when a pregnant refugee woman walks into a hospital, her experience rarely leaves a trace in our health records. Her name might appear on a patient chart, but her migration background, language,…
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Lack of access to primary care forcing asylum seekers into emergency departments
Dr Zelalem Mengesha Some asylum seekers in Australia are ineligible for Medicare, meaning they have restricted access to health care services and poorer health outcomes than their Medicare eligible counterparts. In NSW, these asylum seekers are allowed to access some health services under the Medicare Ineligible Asylum Seekers – Provision…