"Tegucigalpa, affectionately referred to as 'Tegus' by the locals, is not a tourist destination. A Google search will tell you that the city has one of the world's highest murder rates."
Sarah, a nurse from the USA, is working for MSF/ Doctors Without Borders in Honduras. She has been focusing on the response to sexual and gender-based violence, aiming to improve treatment and follow up, as well as links with existing services.
"Tonight I handed out condoms to commercial sex workers outside a strip club connected to a ‘hotel’ and spent the evening strolling through crowded market stalls with a small team of doctors, nurses and psychologists."
Sometimes even we the staff wonder how anyone could ever survive, physically or mentally, the crimes committed against them. Curiously enough, many of them do...
I admit it, I am a science nerd! I enjoy reading about new studies, analyzing the results, and sharing them with my equally nerdy friends - those who are not already tired of me always asking “Do you have any scientific evidence for this claim?"...
This week we saw a patient at the Family Support Center that left us feeling quite disturbed. It was a 24-year-old woman from a village quite far away from Tari who came to our clinic after having been severely assaulted by her husband.
Even though the environment I work in is extremely different from what I am used to in Finland, there is one thing that does not change; the monthly reporting. And, contrary to many others who sigh at the mere thought of data tools, I as a data nerd am quite happy to do it...
