Crossing Borders for Health is a transnational medical student initiative which aims to remove barriers to health care for refugees and asylum seekers.
In Australia, Crossing Borders for Health is a national project of the Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) Global Health branch (AGH). It is broken down into three components:
Direct Assistance
This encompasses activities such as visiting detention centres and providing educational seminars for refugees living in the community
Education
This involves informing and upskilling, mainly medical students, through direct curricular inclusion and events such as global health short courses.
Advocacy
Advocacy is all about raising awareness of these issues and campaigning at a state and federal governmental level for policy change in these areas through coordinated action such as the AFRAM Project Team.
The project has now been introduced to universities all over Australia, overseen by national Co-ordinators, Tasha Wahid and Devaki Wallooppillai
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CB4H REPRESENTATIVE
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CB4H REPRESENTATIVE
University of New South Wales: Sarah Syed
University of Notre Dame: Nimish and Lori
University of Sydney: No representative elected
University of Western Sydney: Elise Buisson
University of Wollongong: Rachel Bowden
Griffith University: Laura De Souza and Kris Salaveria
James Cook University: Christina Nguyen
University of Queensland: Kat Wyld
University of Adelaide: Arrchie Balachandran
Melbourne University: Bridget Fernando
University of Western Australia: Louisa, Yael and Kamali