World Refugee Day 2023: Healthcare Is For All, Including Refugees

Dr Sharuna Verghis, Co-Founder, Health Equity Initiatives (HEI) | Mehwish, Refugee & Community Health Volunteer

20-Jun-23 14:00

World Refugee Day 2023: Healthcare Is For All, Including Refugees

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Access to health is and should be a basic human right, but refugee communities are among several marginalised groups in Malaysia that struggle to get access to healthcare services. This World Refugee Day, we speak to Dr Sharuna Verghis, co-founder of Health Equity Initiatives, Mehwish, a refugee and community health volunteer, to find out how they’re bridging this gap in healthcare and the difference it makes to the individual and the community.

Image Credit: healthequityinitiatives

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann

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Categories: Law/Activism, health policy

Tags: right to asylum, refugee health, refugee rights, human rights, healthcare accessibility, mental health, xenophobia,

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