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Refugee and Asylum Health

Documents

This area contains links to a variety of documents and resources that we feel will be of use to those working with refugees and asylum seekers.

Please be aware many of these are not Medact documents and we are not able to quality check all of them.

If you have something you believe will be a resource for others and you are willing to share it at no cost please contact the Medact office.

We can provide either a link to your site or be happy to host the documents here if you are unable to do so.

You can find more documents by visiting the archive.

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Many of the documents available on this site are in PDF format.

To view them you will need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader if it is not already installed on your system.

Research thesis and dissertations Research thesis and Dissertations prepared with the support of or information provided by members of the Refugee Health Network.

14/04/2009

A selection of online training resources Free online courses and training documents.
Medact in no way endorses or validates these resources.

12/03/2008

Access to research : Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health Centres or institutions that provide access to recent and recognised research in aspects of refugee health.
This area aims to provide a starting point for people searching for information.

10/03/2008

CEMACH report 2007: women from Black and minority ethnic groups This document is a summary of the report findings in relation to women from Black and minority ethnic groups. The immigration status of the mother did not appear to be known in all cases.

21/12/2007

Asylum applicants - medical reports: guidelines for examining doctors Joint guidelines from the British Medical Association and the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. January, 1993

23/06/2007

The Istanbul Protocol - The Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

19/05/2007

Unheard Voices- listening to the views of asylum seekers and refugees The research for the report, Unheard Voices- listening to the views of asylum seekers and refugees, was carried out on behalf of the network of eleven Mental Health Patient and Public Involvement Forums in London and is based on interviews with thirty-one asylum seekers and refugees in London.

28/05/2006

Rape as a method of torture - Medical Foundation for Care of Victims of Torture

28/03/2006

Multi-lingual information A variety of multi-lingual resources available online.

24/02/2006

Project: London is a new initiative from Médecins du Monde UK to help improve access to healthcare for vulnerable groups in London. At Project: London, priority is given to people not registered with a General Practitioner (GP) or who have been denied access to healthcare.

12/01/2006

Treat with respect: HIV, public health and immigration This report presents an overview of the key concerns and recommendations of an independent expert medical panel of physicians relating to HIV and asylum seekers and people of undetermined immigration status in the UK.

24/11/2005