Migration and Health
Associated Organisations
International
International Centre on Migration and Health (ICMH)
ICMH is committed to improving the health of people in the context of migration of all kinds.
Directories and Background Materials
Databases For Refugee & Immigrant Health
Links to resources and web pages related to immigrant health.
Community Organisations Directory
This NSW directory contains a list of key community organisations that provide services to culturally and lingustically diverse communities.
Health Insurance Commission
Download a "Welcome Kit" (translated in 11 different languages) that outlines the public health services available in Australia , and HIC's role in delivering health and child care related government services.
HIV / AIDS & Hep C information site
A multilingual site for people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
International Migration, Health and Human Rights, Issue No.4 (WHO)
WHO has explored the challenges to health and human rights in the context of international migration.
IOM's Migration Health Reference Database
The Database gives you quick and easy access to references of articles on migration health published in the world's leading journals.
Making a Healthy Start in Australia
Online booklet translated into several language that is designed to assist people to understand and access health care services in the early settlement period.
Multilingual Health Practitioners Directory
This directory includes health care practitioners who speak languages other than English. All practitioners are located in Sydney's south eastern metropolitan area.
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
Over 450 publications on health in a wide range of languages. A new publication is produced each month.
Partners In Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC)
Translated information on community and residential care for the elderly.
Settlement Help for Migrants and Refugees in Australia
DIMIA information for migrants on settlement issues including 'Beginning a Life in Australia Booklets' (translated into 21 different languages, for each State and Territory) containing information about migrant settlement services.
Victorian Interpreting And Translating Service
Online publication outlining interpreter services, how to work with an interpreter and cross-cultural communication issues - "A Guide to Cross-Cultural Communication"