Refugee / New Migrant Screening

The Public Health Unit refugee health screening is a free and voluntary service for refugee family reunification immigrants and asylum seekers.

Free screening is available for:

• Asylum seekers who have applied for refugee status in the last six months
• Refugee family reunification immigrants arrived in New Zealand within the last six months, who are living in the Waikato.

Screening includes:

• A full health screen by a GP.
• A dental check and urgent dental treatment.
• Professional interpreters.
• Blood tests.
• Often a chest x-ray at the hospital.
• Urine and faeces tests.
• Urgent health treatment.
• Referrals to specialists or other services.

To ask questions, or refer eligible clients for screening, please phone:

Lindsay Lowe
Refugee Health Coordinator
Waikato District Health Board
Population Health Service (Public Health Unit)
Phone: (07) 838 2569
Office hours: Monday - Friday, 9am-1pm

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