Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers
@refugeesociety.bsky.social
The Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers are a dedicated group of medical providers, nurses, social workers, researchers, coordinators and many other professionals who spend much of their workday caring for newly-arriving refugees and other newcomers.
🌍 We’re counting down to the 2026 International Refugee & Migration Health Conference—coming to San Diego, CA, June 26–28!
📍 Sheraton San Diego Resort, waterfront views
🤝 3 days of learning, connection & action
🗓 Save the dates. Spread the word. Get your abstracts ready—registration opens late 2025!
📍 Sheraton San Diego Resort, waterfront views
🤝 3 days of learning, connection & action
🗓 Save the dates. Spread the word. Get your abstracts ready—registration opens late 2025!
September 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🌍 We’re counting down to the 2026 International Refugee & Migration Health Conference—coming to San Diego, CA, June 26–28!
📍 Sheraton San Diego Resort, waterfront views
🤝 3 days of learning, connection & action
🗓 Save the dates. Spread the word. Get your abstracts ready—registration opens late 2025!
📍 Sheraton San Diego Resort, waterfront views
🤝 3 days of learning, connection & action
🗓 Save the dates. Spread the word. Get your abstracts ready—registration opens late 2025!
The health of every community—local, immigrant, and refugee—depends on strong, science-driven public health leadership.
Dismantling proven protections puts us all at risk:
💉 Vaccines that save children’s lives
🏥 Clinics serving low-income families & newcomers
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Dismantling proven protections puts us all at risk:
💉 Vaccines that save children’s lives
🏥 Clinics serving low-income families & newcomers
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The health of every community—local, immigrant, and refugee—depends on strong, science-driven public health leadership.
Dismantling proven protections puts us all at risk:
💉 Vaccines that save children’s lives
🏥 Clinics serving low-income families & newcomers
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Dismantling proven protections puts us all at risk:
💉 Vaccines that save children’s lives
🏥 Clinics serving low-income families & newcomers
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
🩺 A decade of shared care in Calgary is transforming hepatitis B outcomes for refugees.
At Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic, a primary care–hepatology partnership achieved:
✅ 98% baseline labs done
✅ 84% imaging in 6 mo
✅ ~90% lab monitoring adherence
📖 Read more: lnkd.in/eWdbQEWg
At Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic, a primary care–hepatology partnership achieved:
✅ 98% baseline labs done
✅ 84% imaging in 6 mo
✅ ~90% lab monitoring adherence
📖 Read more: lnkd.in/eWdbQEWg
August 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🩺 A decade of shared care in Calgary is transforming hepatitis B outcomes for refugees.
At Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic, a primary care–hepatology partnership achieved:
✅ 98% baseline labs done
✅ 84% imaging in 6 mo
✅ ~90% lab monitoring adherence
📖 Read more: lnkd.in/eWdbQEWg
At Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic, a primary care–hepatology partnership achieved:
✅ 98% baseline labs done
✅ 84% imaging in 6 mo
✅ ~90% lab monitoring adherence
📖 Read more: lnkd.in/eWdbQEWg
🌍 The Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers is thrilled to announce our 2026 International Refugee & Migration Health Conference!
📍 San Diego, CA | June 26–28
📅 Save the dates, prep your abstracts, & watch for registration in late 2025!
#RefugeeHealth #MigrationHealth
📍 San Diego, CA | June 26–28
📅 Save the dates, prep your abstracts, & watch for registration in late 2025!
#RefugeeHealth #MigrationHealth
August 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🌍 The Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers is thrilled to announce our 2026 International Refugee & Migration Health Conference!
📍 San Diego, CA | June 26–28
📅 Save the dates, prep your abstracts, & watch for registration in late 2025!
#RefugeeHealth #MigrationHealth
📍 San Diego, CA | June 26–28
📅 Save the dates, prep your abstracts, & watch for registration in late 2025!
#RefugeeHealth #MigrationHealth
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We stand in support of our colleagues and friends in public health, whose work continues to improve lives both locally and globally. @emoryuniversity.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We stand in support of our colleagues and friends in public health, whose work continues to improve lives both locally and globally. @emoryuniversity.bsky.social
🚨 Refugee health is public health. The Halifax Declaration demands urgent action: universal care, dignity, & rights for displaced people. No more barriers. No more harm. Endorse it. Share it. Act now.
#HalifaxDeclaration #RefugeeHealth #HealthEquity
#HalifaxDeclaration #RefugeeHealth #HealthEquity
July 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🚨 Refugee health is public health. The Halifax Declaration demands urgent action: universal care, dignity, & rights for displaced people. No more barriers. No more harm. Endorse it. Share it. Act now.
#HalifaxDeclaration #RefugeeHealth #HealthEquity
#HalifaxDeclaration #RefugeeHealth #HealthEquity
🔎 Weekly Reading Radar (25 July): Refugee & migrant health in crisis.
♦️ Gaza: Starvation & health collapse
♦️ Thai-Cambodia border: 100k+ displaced
♦️ Syria: Fragile ceasefire, care gaps
♦️ El Salvador: Crackdowns = rising asylum
📖 Read more: (lnkd.in/eGBtMFud)
♦️ Gaza: Starvation & health collapse
♦️ Thai-Cambodia border: 100k+ displaced
♦️ Syria: Fragile ceasefire, care gaps
♦️ El Salvador: Crackdowns = rising asylum
📖 Read more: (lnkd.in/eGBtMFud)
July 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🔎 Weekly Reading Radar (25 July): Refugee & migrant health in crisis.
♦️ Gaza: Starvation & health collapse
♦️ Thai-Cambodia border: 100k+ displaced
♦️ Syria: Fragile ceasefire, care gaps
♦️ El Salvador: Crackdowns = rising asylum
📖 Read more: (lnkd.in/eGBtMFud)
♦️ Gaza: Starvation & health collapse
♦️ Thai-Cambodia border: 100k+ displaced
♦️ Syria: Fragile ceasefire, care gaps
♦️ El Salvador: Crackdowns = rising asylum
📖 Read more: (lnkd.in/eGBtMFud)
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In a personal blog, Professor Francesco Checchi discusses the pressing situation in #Gaza amidst increased levels of starvation, and what this may mean for the future 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Famine and genocide in Gaza: A personal view | LSHTM
Famine and genocide in Gaza: A personal view | LSHTM
www.lshtm.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
In a personal blog, Professor Francesco Checchi discusses the pressing situation in #Gaza amidst increased levels of starvation, and what this may mean for the future 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
The loss of key State Dept. refugee staff signals a deeper crisis: eroding federal support for refugee health. Providers depend on strong federal partners to deliver vital care. Without them, health equity for newcomers is at risk. We must invest in humane, coordinated systems.
July 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The loss of key State Dept. refugee staff signals a deeper crisis: eroding federal support for refugee health. Providers depend on strong federal partners to deliver vital care. Without them, health equity for newcomers is at risk. We must invest in humane, coordinated systems.
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Halifax & online for #IRMHC2025! 🌍💙 Your passion & expertise made it truly impactful. Grateful for this global community advancing refugee & migrant health. See you in San Diego for #IRMHC2026! ✨
#HealthEquity #GlobalHealth
#HealthEquity #GlobalHealth
July 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Halifax & online for #IRMHC2025! 🌍💙 Your passion & expertise made it truly impactful. Grateful for this global community advancing refugee & migrant health. See you in San Diego for #IRMHC2026! ✨
#HealthEquity #GlobalHealth
#HealthEquity #GlobalHealth
🚨 Just 1 week left to register for the 2025 Int’l Refugee & Migration Health Conf! 🌍 June 27–29 in Halifax or online. Connect, learn, & act for health equity. Don’t miss it!
Register: lnkd.in/g2v6qyZh
Virtual: lnkd.in/eV5N4aVh
Register: lnkd.in/g2v6qyZh
Virtual: lnkd.in/eV5N4aVh
June 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🚨 Just 1 week left to register for the 2025 Int’l Refugee & Migration Health Conf! 🌍 June 27–29 in Halifax or online. Connect, learn, & act for health equity. Don’t miss it!
Register: lnkd.in/g2v6qyZh
Virtual: lnkd.in/eV5N4aVh
Register: lnkd.in/g2v6qyZh
Virtual: lnkd.in/eV5N4aVh
🌍 Can’t attend the 2025 Refugee & Migration Health Conference in person? Join us online!
✅ Live sessions
✅ Q&As
✅ Global networking
Be part of the movement—wherever you are.
🎟️ Register: lnkd.in/eV5N4aVh
#RefugeeHealth #GlobalHealth
✅ Live sessions
✅ Q&As
✅ Global networking
Be part of the movement—wherever you are.
🎟️ Register: lnkd.in/eV5N4aVh
#RefugeeHealth #GlobalHealth
June 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🌍 Can’t attend the 2025 Refugee & Migration Health Conference in person? Join us online!
✅ Live sessions
✅ Q&As
✅ Global networking
Be part of the movement—wherever you are.
🎟️ Register: lnkd.in/eV5N4aVh
#RefugeeHealth #GlobalHealth
✅ Live sessions
✅ Q&As
✅ Global networking
Be part of the movement—wherever you are.
🎟️ Register: lnkd.in/eV5N4aVh
#RefugeeHealth #GlobalHealth
🔍 Got questions about the Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers or our annual Refugee & Migration Health Conference?
Check our FAQs for answers on membership, discounts, abstracts & more.
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Check our FAQs for answers on membership, discounts, abstracts & more.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🔍 Got questions about the Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers or our annual Refugee & Migration Health Conference?
Check our FAQs for answers on membership, discounts, abstracts & more.
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Check our FAQs for answers on membership, discounts, abstracts & more.
👉 lnkd.in/eSkqcK3h
🚨 Trump issues June 4 proclamation banning/limiting U.S. entry from 19 nations over ID/security concerns.
🌍 Full bans: Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia & more
🛂 Exempt: green card holders, valid visas, SIVs
💬 Clinical impact + legal aid: lnkd.in/g2pF_kRe
🌍 Full bans: Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia & more
🛂 Exempt: green card holders, valid visas, SIVs
💬 Clinical impact + legal aid: lnkd.in/g2pF_kRe
June 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🚨 Trump issues June 4 proclamation banning/limiting U.S. entry from 19 nations over ID/security concerns.
🌍 Full bans: Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia & more
🛂 Exempt: green card holders, valid visas, SIVs
💬 Clinical impact + legal aid: lnkd.in/g2pF_kRe
🌍 Full bans: Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia & more
🛂 Exempt: green card holders, valid visas, SIVs
💬 Clinical impact + legal aid: lnkd.in/g2pF_kRe
🌍 Meet Dr. Bernadette Nirmal Kumar — global health leader & migration expert with 30+ yrs at WHO, UNICEF & more. Former NAKMI Director, now leads Lancet Migration & GSMERH. Champion for equity & refugee health. Hear her speak! 👉 lnkd.in/g7ZnpT6W #RefugeeHealth #GHEquity
June 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🌍 Meet Dr. Bernadette Nirmal Kumar — global health leader & migration expert with 30+ yrs at WHO, UNICEF & more. Former NAKMI Director, now leads Lancet Migration & GSMERH. Champion for equity & refugee health. Hear her speak! 👉 lnkd.in/g7ZnpT6W #RefugeeHealth #GHEquity
🌍 Applications open for the Health Equity Summer School in Lausanne, 18–22 Aug 2025!
Explore health equity, migration, minority rights & the environment with top experts. For MA/PhD students & professionals.
Apply by 18 June 👉 www.unil.ch/unil/en/home... #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth #SummerSchool
Explore health equity, migration, minority rights & the environment with top experts. For MA/PhD students & professionals.
Apply by 18 June 👉 www.unil.ch/unil/en/home... #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth #SummerSchool
June 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🌍 Applications open for the Health Equity Summer School in Lausanne, 18–22 Aug 2025!
Explore health equity, migration, minority rights & the environment with top experts. For MA/PhD students & professionals.
Apply by 18 June 👉 www.unil.ch/unil/en/home... #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth #SummerSchool
Explore health equity, migration, minority rights & the environment with top experts. For MA/PhD students & professionals.
Apply by 18 June 👉 www.unil.ch/unil/en/home... #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth #SummerSchool
Join the 2025 Int'l Refugee & Migration Health Conf—virtually! 🌍
Connect with experts, hear stories, and explore health solutions for displaced populations.
Open to all: pros, students, advocates.
📅 Save the date & register: lnkd.in/eV5N4aVh
Connect with experts, hear stories, and explore health solutions for displaced populations.
Open to all: pros, students, advocates.
📅 Save the date & register: lnkd.in/eV5N4aVh
June 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Join the 2025 Int'l Refugee & Migration Health Conf—virtually! 🌍
Connect with experts, hear stories, and explore health solutions for displaced populations.
Open to all: pros, students, advocates.
📅 Save the date & register: lnkd.in/eV5N4aVh
Connect with experts, hear stories, and explore health solutions for displaced populations.
Open to all: pros, students, advocates.
📅 Save the date & register: lnkd.in/eV5N4aVh
🌍 Join us at the 78th World Health Assembly!
Global Health Equity: A Shared Responsibility in Addressing NCDs, incl. Migrants & Refugees
📅 Tue 20 May 2025 | 🕡 18:30 CET | 📍 Geneva + Online
Co-hosted by 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇵🇪 Peru, #WHO & #IOM
#WHA78 #GlobalHealth #HealthForAll Register here: bit.ly/4mmrhLx
Global Health Equity: A Shared Responsibility in Addressing NCDs, incl. Migrants & Refugees
📅 Tue 20 May 2025 | 🕡 18:30 CET | 📍 Geneva + Online
Co-hosted by 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇵🇪 Peru, #WHO & #IOM
#WHA78 #GlobalHealth #HealthForAll Register here: bit.ly/4mmrhLx
May 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🌍 Join us at the 78th World Health Assembly!
Global Health Equity: A Shared Responsibility in Addressing NCDs, incl. Migrants & Refugees
📅 Tue 20 May 2025 | 🕡 18:30 CET | 📍 Geneva + Online
Co-hosted by 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇵🇪 Peru, #WHO & #IOM
#WHA78 #GlobalHealth #HealthForAll Register here: bit.ly/4mmrhLx
Global Health Equity: A Shared Responsibility in Addressing NCDs, incl. Migrants & Refugees
📅 Tue 20 May 2025 | 🕡 18:30 CET | 📍 Geneva + Online
Co-hosted by 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇵🇪 Peru, #WHO & #IOM
#WHA78 #GlobalHealth #HealthForAll Register here: bit.ly/4mmrhLx
Excited to see Professor Bukola Salami speak at the International Refugee and Migration Health Conference. Her work on health equity for migrant and Black communities is making real change. Don’t miss her keynote.
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#HealthEquity #IRMH
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#HealthEquity #IRMH
May 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Excited to see Professor Bukola Salami speak at the International Refugee and Migration Health Conference. Her work on health equity for migrant and Black communities is making real change. Don’t miss her keynote.
🔗 lnkd.in/gsMX3Wkg
#HealthEquity #IRMH
🔗 lnkd.in/gsMX3Wkg
#HealthEquity #IRMH
🎓 Students save big at the Intl Refugee & Migration Health Conf!
🟢 $100 off reg, or $200 if you're in a student society.
🔹 Just $500 for sessions, meals & expert networking.
Support displaced communities & invest in your future!
👉 lnkd.in/g7ZnpT6W
📸 Getty Images
🟢 $100 off reg, or $200 if you're in a student society.
🔹 Just $500 for sessions, meals & expert networking.
Support displaced communities & invest in your future!
👉 lnkd.in/g7ZnpT6W
📸 Getty Images
May 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🎓 Students save big at the Intl Refugee & Migration Health Conf!
🟢 $100 off reg, or $200 if you're in a student society.
🔹 Just $500 for sessions, meals & expert networking.
Support displaced communities & invest in your future!
👉 lnkd.in/g7ZnpT6W
📸 Getty Images
🟢 $100 off reg, or $200 if you're in a student society.
🔹 Just $500 for sessions, meals & expert networking.
Support displaced communities & invest in your future!
👉 lnkd.in/g7ZnpT6W
📸 Getty Images
Arriving early for IRMHC 2025 in Halifax? Join a pre-conference course to deepen your learning before the main event!
Stay in the loop—sign up for updates.
Details: lnkd.in/gzsBiHF4
Stay in the loop—sign up for updates.
Details: lnkd.in/gzsBiHF4
May 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Arriving early for IRMHC 2025 in Halifax? Join a pre-conference course to deepen your learning before the main event!
Stay in the loop—sign up for updates.
Details: lnkd.in/gzsBiHF4
Stay in the loop—sign up for updates.
Details: lnkd.in/gzsBiHF4
🔶 IRMHC Speaker Spotlight 🔶
Dr. Joanne Liu—MSF veteran, pandemic leader, & McGill prof—shares insights from 30+ humanitarian missions. Don’t miss her talk on protecting health in crisis & conflict.
Register for IRMHC 2025: lnkd.in/g7ZnpT6W
Dr. Joanne Liu—MSF veteran, pandemic leader, & McGill prof—shares insights from 30+ humanitarian missions. Don’t miss her talk on protecting health in crisis & conflict.
Register for IRMHC 2025: lnkd.in/g7ZnpT6W
May 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🔶 IRMHC Speaker Spotlight 🔶
Dr. Joanne Liu—MSF veteran, pandemic leader, & McGill prof—shares insights from 30+ humanitarian missions. Don’t miss her talk on protecting health in crisis & conflict.
Register for IRMHC 2025: lnkd.in/g7ZnpT6W
Dr. Joanne Liu—MSF veteran, pandemic leader, & McGill prof—shares insights from 30+ humanitarian missions. Don’t miss her talk on protecting health in crisis & conflict.
Register for IRMHC 2025: lnkd.in/g7ZnpT6W
Earn CME credits at IRMHC 2025!
Advance your skills in refugee & migrant health with AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians, nurses, social workers & more. Enhance your impact—register now: lnkd.in/eNc-Bafi
Advance your skills in refugee & migrant health with AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians, nurses, social workers & more. Enhance your impact—register now: lnkd.in/eNc-Bafi
May 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Earn CME credits at IRMHC 2025!
Advance your skills in refugee & migrant health with AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians, nurses, social workers & more. Enhance your impact—register now: lnkd.in/eNc-Bafi
Advance your skills in refugee & migrant health with AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians, nurses, social workers & more. Enhance your impact—register now: lnkd.in/eNc-Bafi
♦️ IRMHC Invited Speakers Spotlight ♦️
Hear from Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain & Dr. Katherine McKenzie—leaders in health & human rights—on medicine, migration & justice. Don’t miss this chance to deepen your global health impact.
Register: lnkd.in/g2v6qyZh
Hear from Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain & Dr. Katherine McKenzie—leaders in health & human rights—on medicine, migration & justice. Don’t miss this chance to deepen your global health impact.
Register: lnkd.in/g2v6qyZh
May 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
♦️ IRMHC Invited Speakers Spotlight ♦️
Hear from Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain & Dr. Katherine McKenzie—leaders in health & human rights—on medicine, migration & justice. Don’t miss this chance to deepen your global health impact.
Register: lnkd.in/g2v6qyZh
Hear from Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain & Dr. Katherine McKenzie—leaders in health & human rights—on medicine, migration & justice. Don’t miss this chance to deepen your global health impact.
Register: lnkd.in/g2v6qyZh
🩺 A Critical Moment for Refugee & Immigrant Health—Join Us in Halifax: Refugee & immigrant communities face growing barriers to care. The 2025 International Refugee and Migration Health Conference (June 27-29) is more than a gathering—it’s a call to action. 🔗 Register now: lnkd.in/g7ZnpT6W
February 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🩺 A Critical Moment for Refugee & Immigrant Health—Join Us in Halifax: Refugee & immigrant communities face growing barriers to care. The 2025 International Refugee and Migration Health Conference (June 27-29) is more than a gathering—it’s a call to action. 🔗 Register now: lnkd.in/g7ZnpT6W