From November 2017 to October 2018, Medecin San Frontieres (MSF) provided mental health assessments and treatment to 285 refugees, asylum seekers, local Nauruans and foreign…
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A group of Queensland paediatric health professionals and others who work with children met outside Queensland Children’s Hospital on 20 November, to take a stand against…
The Australian Refugee Health Practice Guide was launched on Thursday 1 November 2018 by Paris Aristotle and Dr Kate Walker. Refugee Nurses Australia were represented…
The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) has written an open letter to the Australian Prime Minister and all MPs in Federal Parliament calling…
Congratulations to the Metro South Refugee Health team who won merit awards for both of their posters at last weekend’s 42nd World Hospital Congress. Their…
There has been an increase in refugee settlement in regional areas of Australia over the past couple of years. Regional settlement is considered to bring…
This week, 17th-23rd September is Community and Primary Health Care Nurses Week, a great opportunity to celebrate the work the Refugee Health Nurses do across…
At the first Refugee Nurses of Australia forum in November 2017 members began workshopping the Standards of Practice for Refugee Health Nurses. With the support…
The Regions of Welcome conference in Toowoomba, QLD was a 2-day multisectoral event for those involved in regional settlement, including refugee communities themselves, to network…
Four years since the Sinjar massacre perpetrated on the Yazidi people by ISIS, those now resettled in Coffs Harbour have gathered together to commemorate those…