Directory of Organizations Advancing Refugee and Immigrant Health
Refugee and Immigrant Health Organizations
Find the clinics, NGOs, advocacy groups, and research centers shaping refugee and immigrant health. This guide helps you understand who’s who in the field—and where to look for care, collaboration, or community.
Organizations Supporting Refugee and Immigrant Communities
Who’s Doing What in Refugee Health
From trauma-informed care providers and TB screening centers to national advocacy coalitions, this evolving list showcases the actors advancing refugee health. Use it to find trusted collaborators, identify referral options, or explore where you fit into the broader ecosystem.
Book: Immigrant Health, An Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice
Visit their websiteArticles in this issue include: Caring for the Forcibly Displaced, Refugee Medical Screening, Effective Communication with Refugees and Immigrants, Cultural Considerations in Caring for Refugees and Immigrants, Common infectious diseases, Impact of COVID-19 on Resettled Refugees, Common hematologic, nutritional, asthma/allergic conditions and lead screening/management, Preventive care and management of chronic diseases in immigrant adults, Preventive care in children and adolescents and more.
CDC – US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Visit their websiteCDC is the nation's leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public's health.
CDC Global Health Center
Visit their websiteTranslating knowledge and experience across domestic and global health efforts is critical to strengthening health systems. It is also important for effectively detecting, responding to, and stopping epidemic threats. The goal of CDC's global health work is to improve health outcomes and strengthen global health security by building the capacity of partner countries to detect diseases and stop health threats.
CDC Immigration and Refugee Health
Visit their websiteCDC's Division of Global Migration Health (DGMH) provides the Department of State (DOS) and the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) with Technical Instructions for all physicians performing overseas and U.S.-based medical screening examinations for immigrants and refugees.
CDC Multilingual Health Resources for Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Communities
Visit their websiteComprehensive health education and communication resources for refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities, along with other populations with limited English proficiency. It includes information on various health topics such as COVID-19, seasonal flu, hepatitis B, measles, polio, tuberculosis (TB), varicella (chickenpox), and safety measures following natural disasters and severe weather. Materials are available in multiple languages to cater to the diverse needs of these communities.
Consortium for Culture and Medicine
Visit their websiteThe Consortium for Culture and Medicine (CCM) is a collaborative interdisciplinary program between SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse University, and Le Moyne College. It aims to explore the cultural, ethical, and social dimensions of healthcare and public health. The CCM offers accredited courses that link the humanities and social sciences with the practice of medicine, healthcare, and broader perspectives on health.
Cultural and Health Resource Hub for Immigrant and Refugee Care
Visit their websiteEthnoMed is Harborview Medical Center’s ethnic medicine website containing medical and cultural information about immigrant and refugee groups. Information is specific to groups in the Seattle area, but much of the cultural and health information is of interest and applicable in other geographic areas. They provide information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other topics related to the health care of immigrants to the US, many of whom are refugees.
Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange (CORE)
Visit their websiteThe Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange (CORE) connects and supports refugee resettlement staff globally to deliver effective Cultural Orientation to help refugees achieve self-sufficiency in the United States.
Health Information in Multiple Languages
Visit their websiteHealth information in multiple languages, making medical knowledge accessible to a diverse global audience. Among the languages listed are Arabic, Chinese in both Simplified and Traditional scripts, French, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese, and many others, showing a broad effort to cater to various linguistic groups. The health information available spans a wide range of topics and is arranged both by language and health topic.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Visit their websiteInformation on Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada's offerings, including applying for various visas, citizenship, refugee protections, and Canadian travel documents. It highlights services for Afghan, Haitian, Iranian, Israeli, Lebanese, Sudanese, Ukrainian, and those affected by Canadian wildfires. Key details on application status check, processing times, form finding, fee payment, eTA or visa requirements, along with resources for newcomers, Canadians, refugees and asylum seekers.
