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Ukrainian Crisis Response

Cairde’s Ukrainian Crisis Response Project is made up of the following strands.

Ukrainian Mobile Health Team

Ukrainian mobile health teams focus on the immediate healthcare needs of Ukrainian Beneficiaries of the Temporary Protection (BOTPs) facilitating access to healthcare pathways and services.

The team consists of outreach workers and interpreters who support the HSE teams. They visit accommodation sites daily in the specific HSE CHO areas.

The services provided by the Ukrainian Mobile health teams include:

  • Assisting individuals in accessing the Medical Card scheme.
  • Helping individuals access GP services.
  • Inviting individuals to undergo health assessments
  • Identifying clients with health needs and assisting them in accessing the relevant services
  • Assisting with accessing vaccination schemes.
  • Providing information on health and social services in response to queries during site visits.
  • Operating triage line.

Community development

The second strand in our Ukrainian Crisis Response Project is longer term.

This strand focuses on building the capacity of BOTPs to address healthcare access issues and the impact of social determinants of health, including access to other services such as employment, accommodation, education, childcare etc.

Cairde uses a community development approach in this and creates space to collectively identify these issues.

The Ukrainian Community Development Workers provide information, advocacy and signposting to newly arrived BOTPs.

They collaborate with established Ukrainian community groups and organisations in the area of Dublin City North.

For more information in the Ukrainian visit Project “Oberih” Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/oberihinIreland

Policy

Cairde is also part of the Ukrainian Civil Society Forum and leads Forum’s Health Cluster.
The Forum purpose is to provide national coordination of civil society and community responses, connecting into the State’s emergency response structures.

Health navigators

The Health Navigators Mobile Team focuses on the immediate healthcare needs of individuals who have applied for International Protection (IPAs) facilitating access to healthcare pathways and services.

Working collaboratively with the HSE and other partners, the team visits accommodation sites in the specific HSE CHO area ( Dublin North City and County)

The services provided by the Ukrainian Health Navigators Mobile Team include:

  • Assisting individuals in accessing the Medical Card scheme.
  • Helping individuals access GP services.
  • Inviting individuals to undergo health screening and providing logistical support throughout the process.
  • Identifying clients with health needs and assisting them in accessing the relevant services.
  • Assisting with COVID testing
  • Assisting with accessing vaccination schemes
  • Providing information on health and social services in response to queries during site visits.
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