MEDU is a democratic, non-profit organization independent of political, trade union, religious, and ethnic affiliations. Founded in Rome in 2004, MEDU aims to provide healthcare to vulnerable populations in Italy and abroad, while also denouncing human rights violations, particularly those related to exclusion from the right to health. MEDU operates in Rome and Florence through its Mobile Clinics, offering primary healthcare and providing information on the right to health and access to care.
Mobile clinic in Florence
MEDU’s mobile unit in Florence – a camper equipped as a clinic – reaches informal settlements, and railway stations in the city of Florence and other neighboring municipalities. The objective is to provide:
primary healthcare information on the right to health and on access to social and health services in the area. Type of intervention
Primary healthcare, as well as counseling on social and health careservices, for people without a permanent dwelling in the cities of Florence and Prato.
Mobile clinic in Florence
MEDU’s mobile unit in Florence – a camper equipped as a clinic – reaches informal settlements, and railway stations in the city of Florence and other neighboring municipalities. The objective is to provide:
primary healthcare
information on the right to health and on access to social and health services in the area.
The multi-disciplinary team of the mobile clinic is composed of:
a project coordinator
a psychologist
a cultural mediator
Beneficiaries
Forced migrants (asylum seekers, refugees and people in transit) without a home or in precarious living conditions in Florence.
Adresse
Via M. Leto Casini 11
50135 Firenze
Italie
Méthode de contact privilégiée
Adresse électronique
Heures de bureau
Monday: 10:00-13:00
Tuesday: 10:00-13:00, 17:00-21:00
Wednesday: 10:00-13:00, 17:00-20:00
Thursday: 10:00-13:00, 17:00-20:00
Friday: 10:00-13:00, 17:00-20:00
Groupe cible
- Personne atteinte d’une maladie grave
- Maladie physique
- Pathologies chroniques
- Dépendance/toxicomanie
- Persons with mental health conditions or disorders
- Troubles mentaux
- Diagnosed mental disorder
- Personnes qui ont été victimes ou qui risquent d’être victimes de
- Torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment
- Violences fondées sur le genre
- Formes graves de violence psychologique, physique ou sexuelle
Service fourni
- Soins de santé
- Services d’urgence
- Médicaments
- Soins médicaux de base
- Médecin généraliste
- Infirmier
- Soins médicaux spécialisés
- Psychologie
- Soutien psychosocial
- Fourniture d’informations sur les services de santé sélectionnés
- Autres services
- Évaluation de la vulnérabilité (par un service spécialisé)
- Services d’interprétation/médiation culturelle