The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) is a key program of the [BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center (IRHC)](/immigrant-refugee-health-center), a cross-departmental Center at BMC that provides one central place through which BMC's immigrant and refugee patients can get connected with the physical, mental and social services they need to heal and thrive.

Through an innovative model of outpatient care, the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) provides comprehensive mental health services, including counseling and medication management, designed to meet the special needs of refugees, survivors of torture, asylum seekers, and immigrants. As a part of Boston Medical Center’s [Immigrant & Refugee Health Center (IRHC)](/node/169969/ "Immigrant and Refugee Health Center | Boston Medical Center"), patients of BCRHHR are able to be connected with all of IRHC’s services, including medical, OB/GYN, and social services that they may need in order to heal, rebuild, and thrive.

The BCRHHR provides services to approximately 500 individuals from over 40 countries. Interpretation services are available for more than 250 languages to aid in the healing journey of each patient and their families.

The BCRHHR is a member of the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs (NCTTP), as well as the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims based in Denmark.

## Our Mission

In an effort to serve survivors of torture and related trauma, the BCRHHR firmly recognizes the importance of providing care to the whole person and reaches out to refugee communities and torture survivors to offer a place of safety and trust.

Our mission is to provide holistic health care coordinated with social services and legal aid for asylum seekers, refugees, survivors of torture, and their families. We also train professionals to serve this population; conduct research to understand and implement best practices; and promote health and human rights, locally and globally, to improve the quality of life of survivors of torture and their communities.

[Learn More about BCRHHR](https://www.bcrhhr.com/ "Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights (bcrhhr.com)")

[Learn More about the BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center (IRHC)](/node/169969 "Immigrant and Refugee Health Center | Boston Medical Center")



  ### Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights

- [Contact Us](#contact-us)
- [Programs and Services](#programs-and-services)
- [Support Our Work](#support-our-work)
- [Department News](#department-news)
 
   ## Contact Us

 [ 801 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02119   
1st Floor   
BMC, Crosstown Center ](https://maps.app.goo.gl/xHWq2RQhAjbdbTFd8) 

 [617.414.1994](tel:617.414.1994) 

Monday and Wednesday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

 

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  ## Programs and Services

  [### Immigrant and Refugee Health Center

The BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center connects all of Boston Medical Center’s existing programs and expertise in immigrant and refugee health care into one central point of entry where any immigrant patient can be connected with all of BMC’s medical, mental health and social services that they need in order to heal, rebuild and thrive. 

 

 

 ](/immigrant-refugee-health-center)  ## Support Our Work

[Make a Donation](https://development.bmc.org/?form=give-bmc&package_id=FY26_AF_BMC.org_03&utm_campaign=annual-fund&utm_medium=bmc-web&utm_source=bmc-irhc&utm_content=donate "Support the Work of the BCRHHR | Boston Medical Center Giving (development.bmc.org)")

To designate your donation to BCRHHR:

- Under “Designation,” choose “Other.”
- Click “Add comment.”
- Type in “Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights.”



  ## Department News

###  [Patient Story: Chiruza](https://www.bmc.org/stories/chiruza) 

 Growing up during the Second Congo War, Chiruza was exposed to constant violence. He was just a child when he escaped the Congo, first resettling in Uganda, and then in the United States. He left…

 

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