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psychological care

"We are humbled by their courage": Treating psychological trauma at sea

When people are pulled to safety by search and rescue teams in the Mediterranean, many carry invisible psychological wounds from the trauma that forced them to flee Libya. Stefanie, who leads MSF's medical team on board the Ocean Viking, shares their story...

27 Aug 2019 / 5 minute read

Natasha Reyes

Philippines: the Marawi City crisis

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the violence in Marawi City, a regional capital in the south of the Philippines. Dr Natasha Reyes blogs about MSF's emergency response...

04 Oct 2017 / 4 minute read

Georgina Woolveridge

Doctor

Surviving sexual violence in Bangladesh: "An endless battle"

Dr Georgina Woolveridge recently spent six months working in Kamrangirchar, a slum area on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. She describes some of the factors fuelling violence in the overcrowded slum.

04 Apr 2017 / 3 minute read

Georgina Woolveridge

Doctor

Surviving sexual violence in Bangladesh: "She's one of millions"

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) cares for survivors of sexual violence in Kamrangirchar, an overcrowded slum on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. Dr Georgina Woolveridge recalls some of the women she met in her six months working in the slum clinic.

30 Mar 2017 / 4 minute read

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