The Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA) has an intra-agency agreement with the Office of Refugee Resettlement. OGHA’s Office of Humanitarian and Refugee Health Affairs provides policy support to ORR on matters pertaining to refugee health, technical assistance to ORR and its grantees and affiliates on health care activities, and conducts monitoring and evaluation on select ORR grants.   

OGHA’s Office of Humanitarian and Refugee Health conducts technical assistance in the following areas:

1.          Organizing, conducting and financing of health assessments

2.          Refugee preventive health activities

3.          Data management activities surrounding refugee health

4.          Medical interpretation

5.          Available prevention and promotion materials in refugee languages

6.          Information on new refugee populations

7.          Staff trainings

8.          Caring for refugees with HIV and other special medical needs

9.          Providing/ promoting better communication with voluntary agencies, state health coordinators and mutual assistance associations

10.      Monitoring and evaluation for torture treatment centers

The Office of Global Health Affairs coordinates refugee health policies and activities in the United States across the Department of Health and Human Services. It liaises with other Departments of the Federal government whose activities concern refugees and with international organizations engaged in health services to refugees. It assists State governments with programs for health assessment and health care of refugees resettled throughout the United States

Contact Information:

Dr. David B. Smith
(301) 443-6279
dbsmith@osophs.dhhs.gov

Dina Dajani
(301) 443-0131
ddajani@osophs.dhhs.gov