Information Point for Socio-Medical Counselling in Brescia

Mediation and social-sanitary assistance for the foreign population of the city.

In Brescia, we opened an Information Point to respond to needs including cultural mediation, health education and socio-medical guidance, assisting foreigners to access the Italian National Health System.

The Information Point was opened in agreement with ASST Brescia and thanks to the collaboration of the Municipality.

As of late September 2020, we are running a second Information Point. This new health post is at “La Casa del Quartiere” on Via Milano, a community centre for immigrants and people in some of the most vulnerable situations in society.

We have begun working with the facility to provide socio-medical support and mediation services in one of Brescia’s main industrial districts, historically one of its largest working-class neighbourhoods and now somewhere lived in and passed through by many immigrants and people in vulnerable situations.

Based at the Information Point, cultural mediators and volunteers from the EMERGENCY volunteer group in Brescia provide information for how to access care and accompany foreign citizens and people in need to public facilities to help them overcome linguistic, cultural and logistical barriers in the health system.

All services provided at the Information Point are free of charge.