Welcome to Refugee Health - Vancouver

Refugee Health Vancouver is a practical resource to support clinicians who provide care to refugees in British Columbia.

Need a patient handout on diabetes in Farsi? Looking for a Spanish-speaking dentist in Vancouver who offers reduced fees? Not sure what convention refugees are, why they would flee Myanmar, or how you can bill to care for them? This site pulls together the answers for you.

For comments, suggestions and corrections please contact us.

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Kindergarten child in Myanmar. UN Photo/Kibae Park. Used under Creative Commons License.
Nyala, Sudan. UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran. Used under Creative Commons License.
Ethiopia. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe. Used under Creative Commons license.

Cultural Profiles

An overview of the main countries from which Canada receives refugees, with a focus on political and health issues.

Patient Handouts

Translated educational handouts on health issues.

Women's Health

Anemia

HIV

Other

Diabetes & Nutrition

Mental Health

Anemia, Diabetes & Nutrition

Hepatitis B & C

Legal

Anemia, Diabetes & Nutrition, TB, Hepatitis B & C, HIV, Mental Health, Women's Health, Other

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Community Resources

Dentists, physiotherapists and other community resources who speak other languages, accept IFH or offer reduced fees.

Optometry
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy
Parenting
Dentistry
Cross cultural mental health
Optometry
Optometry
Optometry
Optometry
Optometry
Dentistry
Dentistry
Dentistry
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy
Legal
Physiotherapy
Legal
Dentistry
Cross cultural mental health
Physiotherapy
Housing & other supports
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy
Housing & other supports
Dentistry
Legal
Legal
Physiotherapy
Dentistry
Housing & other supports
Housing & other supports
Cross cultural mental health
Physiotherapy
Dentistry
Cross cultural mental health
Dentistry
Dentistry
Dentistry
Cross cultural mental health