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Point-of-care diagnostics for sexually transmitted infections among migrants in Greece

Tsorou C, Williams A, van den Boogaard W, Staderini N, Repetto E,  et al.
2024-03-01 • Public Health Action
2024-03-01 • Public Health Action
SETTING
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can impact individuals of any demographic. The most common pathogens causing STIs are Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhea and Tr...
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Case Report/Series

“My mind is not like before”: Psychosocial rehabilitation of victims of torture in Athens

Womersley G, Kloetzer L, Van der Bergh R, Venables E, Severy N,  et al.
2018-07-26 • Torture: quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture
2018-07-26 • Torture: quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture
INTRODUCTION
The dual trauma of being a victim of torture as well as a refugee is related to a myriad of losses, human rights violations and other dimensions of suffering linked to t...
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Research

The use of interpreters in medical triage during a refugee mass-gathering incident in Europe

Alexakis LC, Papachristou A, Baruzzi C, Konstantinou A
2017-07-28 • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
2017-07-28 • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
INTRODUCTION
During a refugees' mass-gathering incident in Kos Island, Greece, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF; Brussels, Belgium) teams provided emergency medical care. A case report...
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"I prefer dying fast than dying slowly", how institutional abuse worsens the mental health of stranded Syrian, Afghan and Congolese migrants on Lesbos island following the implementation of EU-Turkey deal

Eleftherakos C, van den Boogaard W, Barry D, Severy N, Kotsioni I,  et al.
2018-09-05 • Conflict and Health
2018-09-05 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
In 2015 and early 2016, close to 1 million migrants transited through Greece, on their way to Western Europe. In early 2016, the closure of the “Balkan-route” and the EU/T...
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Research

Syrian refugees in Greece: experience with violence, mental health status, and access to information during the journey and while in Greece

Ben Farhat J, Blanchet K, Juul Bjertrup P, Veizis A, Perrin C,  et al.
2018-03-13 • BMC Medicine
2018-03-13 • BMC Medicine
BACKGROUND
Since 2015, Europe has been facing an unprecedented arrival of refugees and migrants: more than one million people entered via land and sea routes. During their travels, r...
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Commentary

Reflections on mental healthcare for an asylum seeker population caught in limbo on the Greek island of Samos

Solera-Deuchar L
2022-03-04 • BJPsych International
2022-03-04 • BJPsych International
A psychiatry trainee reflects on a period of work on the Greek island of Samos with the international medical non-governmental organisation Medécins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borde...
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A life in waiting: Refugees' mental health and narratives of social suffering after European Union border closures in March 2016

Bjertrup PJ, Bouhenia M, Mayaud P, Perrin C, Ben Farhat J,  et al.
2019-10-18 • Social Science and Medicine
2019-10-18 • Social Science and Medicine
In 2015, an estimated 856,723 refugees, predominantly from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq arrived in Greece as an entry point into the European Union. The border of the Former Yugoslav Rep...
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Mental health and trauma in asylum seekers landing in Sicily in 2015: a descriptive study of neglected invisible wounds

Crepet A, Rita F, Reid AJ, van den Boogaard W, Deiana P,  et al.
2017-01-13 • Conflict and Health
2017-01-13 • Conflict and Health
In 2015, Italy was the second most common point of entry for asylum seekers into Europe after Greece. The vast majority embarked from war-torn Libya; 80,000 people claimed asylum that ye...
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Adapting Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s sexual violence care training approach to Middle Eastern contexts: what does this mean in practice?

Pasquero L, Staderini N, Duroch F
2022-06-01 • Global Public Health
2022-06-01 • Global Public Health
BACKGROUND
This article shares the learnings of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s experience of adapting its sexual violence care training for its staff and missions in the Middle Eas...
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Case Report/Series

A diagnostic challenge in an unresponsive refugee child improving with neurosurgery—a case report

Makris G, Papageorgiou N, Panagopoulos D, Brubakk KG
2021-05-24 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
2021-05-24 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
An unresponsive paediatric patient may present a diagnostic challenge for health professionals, as rapid identification of the cause is needed to provide proper interventions. The follow...
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Commentary

"Leave no one behind" and access to protection in the Greek islands in the COVID-19 era

Veizis A
2020-05-12 • International Migration
2020-05-12 • International Migration
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Letter

Covid-19 and refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants in Greece

Kondilis E, Puchner K, Veizis A, Papatheodorou C, Benos A
2020-06-01 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
2020-06-01 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
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Research

Sexual violence against migrants and asylum seekers. The experience of the MSF clinic on Lesvos Island, Greece

Belanteri RA, Hinderaker SG, Wilkinson E, Episkopou M, Timire C,  et al.
2020-09-17 • PLOS One
2020-09-17 • PLOS One
OBJECTIVES
Sexual violence can have a destructive impact on the lives of people. It is more common in unstable conditions such as during displacement or migration of people. On the G...
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Perspective

How can Europe be more traumatising than Mosul?

Gattinger M
2018-01-08
2018-01-08
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Commentary

EU migration policies drive health crisis on Greek islands

Orcutt M, Mussa R, Hiam L, Veizis A, McCann S,  et al.
2020-02-01 • Lancet
2020-02-01 • Lancet
Restrictive migration policies that deny migrants and asylum seekers their right to health—a fundamental right enshrined in universal human rights declarations and treaties since 1948—ar...
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In island containment: a qualitative exploration of social support systems among asylum seekers in a mental health care programme on Lesvos Island, Greece

Episkopou M, Venables E, Whitehouse K, Eleftherakos C, Zamatto F,  et al.
2019-07-22 • Conflict and Health
2019-07-22 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Social support is a core determinant of health and plays a key role in the healing process of people with mental health problems and those who have been exposed to torture...
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Research

Field Application of SD Bioline Malaria Ag Pf/Pan Rapid Diagnostic Test for Malaria in Greece

Tseroni M, Pervanidou D, Tserkezou P, Rachiotis G, Pinaka O,  et al.
2015-03-24 • PLOS One
2015-03-24 • PLOS One
Greece, a malaria-free country since 1974, has experienced re-emergence of Plasmodium vivax autochthonous malaria cases in some agriculture areas over the last three years. In early 2012...