Support, Housing, and  access to Primary Healthcare for Afghan Women

Support, Housing, and access to Primary Healthcare for Afghan Women

Baby Week:Free Maternity Action webinar: Access to housing, support and primary healthcare for Afghan women who are pregnant or new mothers

By Maternity Action

Date and time

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 02:30 - 04:00 PST

Location

Online

About this event

The Baby Week North Alliance are Proud to be Supporting Maternity Action Build Equity in Maternity Care, Baby Week Bradford ,Baby Week Cheshire and Merseyside and Baby Week Leeds Stand Together.

This webinar will improve participants understanding of the housing , support and healthcare entitlements of Afghan women with a variety of immigration statuses, including those who arrived under the evacuation and resettlement programmes.

This webinar is targeted at midwives and health professionals who are supporting Afghan women in the UK. There will be opportunities to ask questions and useful contacts and information resources will be provided.

The webinar is on Tuesday,16th of November 2021,10:30 am to 12 noon.

The webinar will cover:

*Update of Afghans living in the UK

*Various statutes a Afghan women may hold in the the UK

*Various support and housing options for Afghan women who are pregnant or new mothers

*Registering with a GP

*HC2 certificates for pregnant women

*Maternity Exemptions Certificates

*Useful resources

*Q+ A session.

Organised by

Maternity Action is the UK’s leading charity committed to ending inequality and improving the health and well-being of pregnant women, partners and young children – from conception through to the child’s early years.

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