380 Results For "mental health"
 
Twenty-year-old Mamma Mohammed was threatened, locked up and forced into marriage by members of an armed group. Pregnant, she finally escaped to the town of Pulka, in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state, where she is staying in a camp for displaced people.
Mental Health

"Pulka is my new home"

Twenty-year-old Mamma Mohammed was threatened, locked up and forced into marriage by members of an armed group. Pregnant, she finally escaped to the town of Pulka, in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state, where she is staying in a camp for displaced people. Mamma Mohammed is now recovering from her traumatic experiences with the support of MSF’s mental health and psychosocial support team. This is her story. Stories from the Frontline - 5 Aug 2019
 
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Access to Healthcare

Niger: “Imagine being dumped in the desert, in the middle of nowhere, with no food or water”

Far from stopping the flow of people, the recent criminalisation of migration by both European and non-European governments has significantly increased the vulnerability of people on the move Article - 29 Jul 2019
 
Local volunteers, health workers and MSF staff members celebrated the opening of mental health activities in West Point, Liberia. [© Clément Lier/MSF]
Access to Healthcare

Liberia: Providing psychiatric care close to home

In collaboration with the Liberian Ministry of Health and other partners, MSF's new program in Monrovia provides outpatient care for about 1,350 people with mental health disorders or epilepsy Article - 29 Jul 2019
 
[ © Mack Alix Mushitsi / Médecins Sans Frontières]
Sexual and Gender Based Violence

Central African Republic: Silence aggravates the wounds of sexual violence

In CAR, as in many other countries, sexual violence is a taboo subject and often survivors of sexual assault are forbidden from talking about it due to the shame it will bring on their family Article - 23 Jul 2019
 
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Access to Healthcare

"My new life" - The story of Qusay Hussein

An Iraqi refugee rebuilds his life after surviving a suicide bombing Stories from the Frontline - 22 Jul 2019
 
Displaced people wait for a distribution of non-food items (NFIs) in Pulka town. [Igor Barbero / MSF ]
Mental Health

Nigeria: More mental health support needed for people in Pulka

Desperate living conditions and lack of protection in Pulka are exacerbating people’s acute mental health needs. There is an urgent need for reinforcement of the humanitarian response in Pulka.
 Article - 22 Jul 2019
 
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Access to Healthcare

Photostory: Out of sight, out of mind

Refugees in Libya's detention centers are facing despair, disease and death. Photo Story - 15 Jul 2019
 
MSF provides medical, mental health and social services support to migrants and refugees in various shelters in Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa and Matamoros. [ © Juan Carlos Tomasi ]
Refugees, Migration and displacement

Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo not safe for asylum seekers

US-Mexico decision puts asylum seekers in extreme danger Article - 4 Jul 2019
 
an MSF team works in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, (northern Mexico), following the arrival of a caravan of 1,700 migrants. [©Juan Carlos Tomasi / Médecins Sans Frontières]
Access to Healthcare

Mexico: Mass arrests drive migrants underground and cut them off from medical care

As a result of mass raids, migrants in Coatzacoalcos and Tenosique are increasingly avoiding places where they might be visible to police authorities and detained – including those places where basic medical services are available. Press Release - 21 Jun 2019
 
Bentiu PoC : Drainage system between blocks and roads transformed into a sewerage channel leading to health issues, like malaria and cholera
Refugees, Migration and displacement

Conditions of protection: life inside or outside a displacement camp

The smell of sweet ginger coffee being prepared in a little tin hut manages to waft above the putrid smell of green sludge - it’s the smell of life going on. It lingers in the air, and somehow, just like the people here, manages to rise above the suffocating conditions of a Protection of Civilians site.

Since 2013, four million people have been displaced by conflict in South Sudan. Two million sought safety across borders, while another two million remain internally displaced. During some of the most extreme periods of violence, thousands of people fled in unprecedented numbers to existing United Nations (UN) bases for protection, and as the conflict extended, these bases transitioned into Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites and are guarded by forces from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Article - 20 Jun 2019