On Wednesday March 9, the Multicultural Health & Support Service (MHSS) team hosted an online forum for workers on ‘The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Migrant & Refugee Communities’. Over 70 participants heard a...
Peer education goes to Ballarat Pictured: CEH Peer Educators from the Vietnamese community. Pictured: Ballarat Community Health Centre (BCHC) In the second half of 2020, CEH has been engaged by the Ballarat Community Health Centre (BCHC) to...
Following on from last week’s refugee stories, MHSS would like to share two more stories from our community members from migrant backgrounds with similar experiences. The stories highlight some on the issues that people face on arrival and can support us all to...
Refugee Week aims to highlight aspects of the refugee experience and help the broader community to understand what it is like to be a refugee. It kicked off Sunday the 14th of June and concludes with World Refugee Day on Saturday June 20. This year will be the first...
COVID-19 and international students CEH’s International Student Sexual Health Network (ISSHN ) is an Australian wide network, established by the Multicultural Health & Support Service (MHSS) in 2015 for professionals working in the field who are addressing issues...
Like-minded people working towards improving the sexual health of their own communities. This National Volunteer Week (NVW), we would like to say a HUGE thank you to all our volunteers who generously give their time, energy, and compassion to working with the...
“I met my husband in high school in Pakistan and moved to Australia to be with him in 2016. I was a practising doctor in Pakistan but decided not to continue working as a GP here because I wanted to work in preventive medicine. I pursued a Master of Public Health...
CALD & Migrant Populations Cluster Group. CEH Co-Manager Alison Coelho has recently become a participant in ASHM’s new Taskforce on BBVs, Sexual Health and COVID-19. Alison has been allocated to the CALD and Migration Cluster Group within the Clinical Care topic....
“THE RISK IS NOT KNOWING” Recent advances in HIV prevention and treatment are bringing us closer to ending HIV, but many people don’t know about them. On 4th March 2020, young women from Melbourne’s Latin community came together and joined the conversation about HIV...
A month of health promotion training Building on the work of CEHs Multicultural Health & Support Services (MHSS) to develop partnerships and facilitate involvement among the Indian community, the first of five education sessions: Overview of the Australian Health...