


About Us

Refugee Health Alliance brings medical care to migrants, refugees, and displaced groups along the US-Mexico border.
Our Vision

To provide ethical, holistic, integrated, trauma-informed, and culturally-inclusive care and advocate for all displaced and populations made vulnerable along the US-Mexico border in collaboration with activists and existing healthcare organizations. We are working toward a world in which every individual has the right to stay, the right to move, and the right to return in the pursuit of health and wellness.
Our Mission
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Create sustainable systems of services that do not harm or perpetuate inequities
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Empower affected individuals to advocate for their own medical and legal rights and build on their own strengths and resources.
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Connect individuals and families to resources, including:
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Substance use disorder treatment
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HIV care
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TB diagnosis and medical care
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Legal services
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Mental health resources
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Dental health resources
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Provide multi-level, integrated services to meet the whole person and all people without any discrimination, including:
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Mental health services
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Hygiene including showers, bathrooms, and laundry services
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Potable water including public water fountains
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Natural medicine
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Medical-legal services and documentation
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Hot meals and also needed pantry items for shelters
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Clean clothing
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Collaborate with relevant local community organizations to address the social determinants of health, including, but not limited to:
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Economic disparities
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Homelessness
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Food insecurity
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Legal barriers
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Structural violence
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Human rights
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Education
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Gender Identity
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Race/Ethnicity
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Mobilize a dynamic network of volunteers, interprofessional clinicians, undergraduate/graduate students, and advocates from Mexico to promote the wellbeing of under-resourced populations.
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Challenge the border itself as the physical and metaphorical source of healthcare injustice and the systems of oppression that create and sustain it.
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Promote ongoing discussion of the public health and human rights implications of such a large population of displaced individuals/families through research, advocacy, and educational initiatives, challenge white supremacy and anti-racist.
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Develop capacity among providers, students, and migrants on both sides of the border by providing training, supervision, and consultation


