In Italy, urgent healthcare is provided to everyone, even to undocumented people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are an asylum seeker, a refugee or you hold subsidiary protection status, you are entitled to access health services on the same basis as Italians. You must register with the Italian public healthcare system (SSN \u2013 Sistema sanitario nazionale), together with your family members. The registration is carried out at the local public healthcare office (ASL \u2013 Azienda sanitaria locale or ASP \u2013 Azienda sanitaria provinciale) of the place where you are living. Once registered, you will receive a health card (Tessera sanitaria) and you will have the right to: a family doctor (or pediatrician for children under 14 years old), specialized medical visits in case of need, blood tests and vaccinations, hospitalization, and other different kind of health treatments, depending on your needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you approach an ASL\/ASP you can also ask for more specific information on specialized health care, including mental health support, that you can book through the healthcare booking services of your local ASL\/ASP (CUP \u2013 Centro Unico Prenotazioni). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the website of the Ministry of Health<\/a> you will find additional information on healthcare for foreigners in Italy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you live in a reception facility, ask the reception staff to provide you with information and support to approach the nearby local health clinics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Even if you do not have a stable place where to stay or accommodation in a reception centre some NGOs are specialized in healthcare of migrants and refugees, and they may be present where you live. Here are some links that you may find useful: <\/p>\n\n\n\n MEDU<\/a> \u2013 Medici per I Diritti Umani (Medical Doctors for Human Rights) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Intersos<\/a> \u2013 Provision of social and health assistance also to groups in conditions of marginality including unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), young adults previously entitled to humanitarian protection, survivors of human trafficking and of gender-based violence are the most fragile categories that we assist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n LHIVE<\/a> \u2013 Health assistance also for persons with HIV <\/p>\n\n\n\n