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Yes, all international students and staff will be required to have specific health insurance.
For all student visas, the Australian government requires that you have Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) before you can be granted a student visa. Upon acceptance our registrar will communicate the price to you and will organise your OSHC enrolment.
For other visas, the Registrar will provide further information upon acceptance, as minimal health care requirements apply and you will be responsible for arranging your own health insurance. Please do not make your own arrangements until you have heard from the Registrar’s office.
For more information about health insurance please contact the Registrar at info@ywamperth.org.au.
Considering our international missions work, we encourage all students to come with the appropriate updates on immunisations. These are the following:
- Polio
- Diphtheria
- Tetanus
- Pertussis (Whooping cough)
These updates are required every 10 years, if you are unsure of your last immunisation, check with your doctor. For your own safety please ensure that you are up to date with these before coming to the lecture phase of your school so that you will be prepared in advance for your field assignment.
For overseas field assignments we recommend that all staff and students receive further vaccines, these are the following:
- Typhoid
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
We encourage you to have these immunisations before joining us as vaccines are expensive and foreign students/staff pay more once they are in Australia. We may also be encouraging students and staff to take medicine to help prevent malaria and to use mosquito nets during the field assignment – this depends on the location of your field assignment. If you would prefer, you can bring malaria medication with you from home or we can purchase this for you here.