Refugee Health Program: About Us

Learn about the Refugee Health Program, Minnesota's health screening protocol, medical exams for refugees, immigration definitions, and ongoing activities sponsored by the program.

• Minnesota Refugee Health Program
  An overview of the program's efforts to coordinate domestic refugee health screenings, analyze, summarize, and share data, and train health professionals.
• Minnesota Immigrant and Refugee Health Network
  A network of providers, professionals, advocates, and community members sharing information about health issues of immigrant and refugee populations in Minnesota.
• Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health
  A network for training and epidemiology in refugee health, building on existing infrastructure and partners' experience to identify and monitor newcomer health issues and needs, contribute to evidence-based policies and guidelines, and ultimately improve continuity of care and health outcomes for newcomers.
• Female Genital Cutting (FGC) Prevention and Outreach Project
  The Minnesota FGC Prevention and Outreach Working Group brings together diverse stakeholders to recommend, inform and coordinate FGC prevention and community engagement efforts in Minnesota. As part of the grant program, MDH will provide one-time grants to organizations with cultural competence in Minnesota communities that are impacted by FGC.
• Local Public Health and Refugee Resettlement Agency Forum
  Event information for the yearly refugee health forum.
• Refugee Health Quarterly
  A quarterly newsletter with updates from the MDH Refugee Health Program.