Blog post | 14-04-2021 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The war in Yemen is having a big impact on people’s mental health. ‘According to a recent study, some 22% need help,’ says ...
Blog post | 17-12-2019 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aram Hasan is a Dutch psychiatrist with lived experience from Syria. He studied medicine in Ukraine when, during a family visit, ...
Why do people afflicted by conflict or disaster need mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS)? For Peter Ventevogel, a ...
Blog post | 06-11-2019 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
As a seven-year-old boy in South Sudan, Majok Peter Awan was recruited by a rebel group. More than thirty years later, the former ...
Blog post | 30-10-2019 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Curiosity drove clinical psychiatrist Mohamed Elshazly to work for relief agency Médecins Sans Frontières. He wanted to look at ...
Blog post | 28-10-2019 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hurricane Dorian, which tore through the Bahamas in early September, left a trail of total destruction in its wake. Dozens of ...
Blog post | 22-10-2019 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
When Ebola broke out in Liberia in 2014, people needed more than only healthcare: they also needed mental health and psychosocial ...
Blog post | 16-10-2019 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
One of the honoured guests at the international MHPSS conference on 7-8 October in Amsterdam was Sir Mark Lowcock, the world’s ...
Heba Alibrahim, daughter of a doctor, was forced to flee the Syrian war at 15. Now, seven years later, she is studying psychology ...
Aweng Chuol is a world-famous model. Of South-Sudanese origin, she was born in a Kenyan refugee camp. As a child, she never ...
