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ARC- Global Campaign for Refugee Health - The
Global Campaign for Refugee Health is a campaign to increase public awareness and funding for programs to
prevent and treat infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria that afflict refugees and
other displaced people worldwide.
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Asian Health Services Community Health Center - Serving
the immigrant and refugee Asian community regarding its health rights, and assuring access to health care
services regardless of income, insurance status, language, or culture.
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AUSTCARE
- AUSTCARE's mission is
to mobilise support for refugees and displaced people, including their host communities and those affected
by landmines and natural disasters, by assisting them to meet their basic needs and build better lives.
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CARE International - When communities and
livelihoods have been destroyed by violent conflict, CARE works to provide emergency relief and long-term
recovery to Victims of War.
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Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch
- International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch (IERHB) of the
CDC under the Division of Emergency and Environmental Health
Services (EEHS), at the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH),
at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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European Community Humanitarian
Office - The European Union as a whole (i.e., the 25 Member
States and the Commission) is one of the world's main humanitarian
aid donors; the Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) is the service of the
European Commission responsible for this activity.
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GlobalHealth - Office of Global Health
Affairs - From the US Government Dept. of
Health and Human Services' Office of International and Refugee Health (OIRH), which is
responsible for facilitating cooperation and providing policy guidance on refugee health policy issues.
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International Committee of the Red Cross
- The International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) works around the world on a strictly neutral
and impartial basis to protect and assist people affected by armed
conflicts and internal disturbances. It is a humanitarian
organization with its headquarters in Geneva, mandated by the
international community to be the guardian of international
humanitarian law, and is the founding body of the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organisation,
with 181 member National Societies. All our work is guided by seven
fundamental principles; humanity, impartiality, neutrality,
independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.
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International Medical Corps -
International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization
dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development
programs.
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Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) - International Catholic
organization which engages in charitable, educational, social, pastoral, health, and legal projects and
advocacy on behalf of refugees and forcibly displaced people.
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Jesuit Refugee Service - Australia - An organisation
offering a pastoral service to refugees and the communities who host them through programs of pastoral care,
education for children and adults, social services and counselling, and health care.
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NSW
Refugee Health Service - Each year, some
4,000 people who have experienced persecution or other serious human
rights abuses settle in New South Wales. Common refugee experiences
include torture, war or civil unrest, the loss of family and friends
through violence, and prolonged periods of deprivation. These
experiences can have major implications on health status and the
delivery of health care.
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Refugee & Asylum Seeker Health Resource
Centre - The RACGP has collected a number of
articles, contact details and links for GPs who are interested in learning more about the health needs of
asylum seekers and refugees in Australia.
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refugee
health - The 90s was a hellish decade: Afghanistan, Bosnia, Burma, Chechnya,
Kosovo, Rwanda, Somalia . . . Actually, in many ways it was a vile, evil century: the Armenians, Verdun,
gulags, the Final Solution, the Great Leap Forward, Year Zero, ethnic cleansing . . . This site is dedicated
to those who lived through these whirlwinds, to the memory of those who died, and to the hope of those who
still struggle.
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Refugees International - Refugees International (RI) generates
lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people around the world, and works to end the conditions
that create displacement.
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Refugee Mental Health Program - The Refugee
Mental Health Project at the Center For Multicultural Human Services was initiated in October of 1995, when
CMHS received funding from the Office of Newcomer Services and the Office of Refugee Resettlement
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Tibetan Refugee Health Care Project - Has
a mission to facilitate medical treatment and education of the Tibetan people in India.
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United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees -
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was
established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General
Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate
international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee
problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights
and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can
exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another
State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally
or to resettle in a third country.
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United Nations Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs - n December 1991, the General Assembly
adopted Resolution 46/182, designed to strengthen the United
Nation's response to both complex emergencies and natural disasters.
In addition it aimed at improving the overall effectiveness of the
UN's humanitarian operations in the field.
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UNRWA- Programmes-
Health- Refugee health Today - The United
Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) provides education, health,
and relief and social services to 3.9 million registered Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian
Arab Republic, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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U.S. Agency for International Development
- U.S. foreign assistance has
always had the twofold purpose of furthering America's foreign
policy interests in expanding democracy and free markets while
improving the lives of the citizens of the developing world.
Spending less than one-half of 1 percent of the federal budget,
USAID works around the world to achieve these goals.
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U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services - Since 1975,
approximately 2,325,000 refugees have been resettled in the United
States. In order to be designated as refugees, people must have a
well-founded fear of persecution in their country of origin because
of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social
group, or political opinion.
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U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population,
Refugees, and Migration -
Reflecting the best humanitarian traditions of the American people,
the U.S. Government funds protection and life-sustaining relief for
millions of refugees and victims of conflict around the globe. The
United States also admits tens of thousands of refugees annually for
permanent resettlement.
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Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
- Advocating for the rights of refugee and displaced women, children and adolescents around the world.
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World Refugee - Portal on refugee-related news
(part of worldnews.com) drawing largely on dynamic feed of news from sites worldwide. Includes reference
links by category and related news and information.
