The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee‐like backgrounds: an abridged outline

Introduction: In 2009, the Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases published guidelines on the post‐arrival health assessment of recently arrived refugees. Since then, the number of refugees and asylum seekers reaching Australia has increased substantially (17 555 refugees in 2015–16) and the countries of origin have changed. These groups are likely to have had poor access to health care pre‐arrival and, consequently, are at risk of a range of chronic and infectious diseases. We established an advisory group that included infectious diseases physicians, general practitioners, public health specialists, paediatricians and refugee health nurses to update the 2009 guidelines.

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