We are thrilled to announce that the Multicultural Health & Support Service (MHSS) has received three year funding from July 2022 to June 2025 from the Victorian Department of Health, to continue our services to address blood borne viruses and sexually...
New, improved HEALTH TRANSLATIONS Online Library for Victoria’s culturally diverse communities. To mark Cultural Diversity Week, 19-27 March 2022, The Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health (CEH) is excited to launch the new look and improved Health Translations...
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...
We all want to deliver fair outcomes to clients who trust us to understand their needs, values and aspirations. And while there are helpful general frameworks and guidelines we can refer to, we still face all sorts of unique challenges to meeting these goals. This can...
Following the success of the Vaccine Voices Project, CEH was invited by the Department of Health to apply for the Vaccine Ambassadors program. Having secured this funding, CEH is excited to welcome the project team of Commuity Nurse Faiza Mahat and Project...
In this edition of our CEH Training Blog with Eman, I’m hoping to help you understand the South Sudanese community better by interviewing one of our amazing bicultural professionals, Anyaak Abiel. Anyaak has spent the past couple of years working with the South...
We’re excited to announce that CEH’s Long COVID project has received a six month funding extension. It is funded by the Victorian Department of Health. As well as the 10 communities and 7 Local Government Areas (LGAs) that were the focus of the program...
Nadia didn’t get an interpreter during a medical appointment and was left feeling confused and uninformed about her health. It’s a common issue, but how did this happen to Nadia? Nadia and her family arrived in Australia two years ago on humanitarian visa. I’ve...
CERSH in partnership with CEH (MHSS) are working closely with the Mildura Community targeting the rise in syphilis. Mildura is an incredibly diverse community and after conversations with CERSH and Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC), it was identified...
Just like 2020, this year hasn’t been easy. With the ongoing pandemic and uncountable lockdowns Victoria experienced, 2021 has been indeed a challenging year. The year has forced most people working in the health sector to adapt to new realities. However, by looking...
