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Mental health of older adults in humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries: a retrospective analysis from Médecins sans Frontières-supported mental health services, 2019–2024

van Boetzelaer E, Keating P, Wasara N, Rodriguez E, Escobio F,  et al.
2025-07-05 • BMJ Global Health
2025-07-05 • BMJ Global Health

BACKGROUND

More complex humanitarian emergencies have a profound impact on a rapidly growing ageing population. There are few data available on the mental healt...

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Mental health literacy & stigma in a community sample from Sri Lanka

Fernando LH
2024-10-24 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-10-24 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
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Providing medical care and psychosocial support for survivors of sexual violence in Rohingya refugee and host populations in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017-2023

Malden D, 
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Improving the patient journey and reducing stigma for people with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka: findings from the ECLIPSE programme

Price H, Agampodi S, Dikomitis L, Machado P, Mulugeta A,  et al.
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StimNut: innovative community action research on psychosocial stimulation to improve care for severely malnourished children in Koutiala, Mali

Bossard C, 
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Stimnut: An innovative community-led research action of psychosocial stimulation intervention to improve the management of child malnutrition in Koutiala, Mali

Diallo AK, Bossard C
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'Atomic bombs' in Monrovia, Liberia: the identity and stigmatisation of Ebola survivors

Venables E
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Systemic discrimination and exclusion: COVID-19 vaccination and the health rights of displaced Venezuelans in Latin America

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Trans-affirmative psychosocial care provision during public health emergencies: Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic

D'Souza S, Sharma P, Raghuram H, Shaikh A, Ramchandra G,  et al.
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024

Mental health literacy & stigma in a community sample from Sri Lanka

Fernando LH, Gunawardena S
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
Datta P, 
Pharand S, 
Gharami D, 
Akter R, 
et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

StimNut: innovative community action research on psychosocial stimulation to improve care for severely malnourished children in Koutiala, Mali

Bossard C, Payotte S, Scarpa G, Diallo AK, Lissouba P,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024

Stimnut: Innovative community action research on psychosocial stimulation to improve care fo severely malnourished children in Koutiala, Mali

Bossard C, Payotte S, Scarpa G, Diallo AK, Lissouba P,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Early psychosocial stimulation for infants in precarious situations can yield both short- and long-term benefits to cognitive and social development. Compre...
Payotte S, 
Scarpa G, 
Diallo AK, 
Lissouba P, 
et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024

Stimnut: An innovative community-led research action of psychosocial stimulation intervention to improve the management of child malnutrition in Koutiala, Mali

Diallo AK, Bossard C
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Early psychosocial stimulation with disadvantaged infants can lead to short- and long-term benefits in cognitive and social development. Programs with multiple
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023

“One-by-one, TB took everything away from me”: A photovoice exploration of stigma in women with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Mumbai

Mahbub T, Mathur T, Isaakidis P, Daftary A
2023-03-28 • Affilia
2023-03-28 • Affilia
Stigma related to drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), one of the world's most severe infectious diseases, is a major barrier to TB elimination particularly for women living in settings ...
2017-06-01 • Anthropology in Action
2017-06-01 • Anthropology in Action
Survivors of the Ebola virus have been widely profiled as the success stories of the outbreak, yet they still face challenges relating to their identity and reintegration. A survivor’s b...

Internalized stigma, depressive symptoms, and the modifying role of antiretroviral therapy: A cohort study in rural Uganda

Bebell LM, Kembabazi A, Musinguzi N, Martin JN, Hunt PW,  et al.
2021-12-01 • SSM - Mental Health
2021-12-01 • SSM - Mental Health
Depression affects over 40% of people with HIV (PHIV) in low- and middle-income countries, and over half of PHIV report HIV-related internalized stigma. However, few longitudinal studies...
Hill DC
2022-11-30 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2022
2022-11-30 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2022

“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...

Factors Affecting Perceived Stigma in Leprosy Affected Persons in Western Nepal

Adhikari B, Kaehler N, Chapman R, Raut S, Roche P
2014-06-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2014-06-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
There are various factors which construct the perception of stigma in both leprosy affected persons and unaffected persons. The main purpose of this study was to determine...

How to bring residents’ psychosocial well-being to the heart of the fight against Covid-19 in Belgian nursing homes—A qualitative study

Kaelen S, van den Boogaard W, Pellecchia U, Spiers S, De Cramer C,  et al.
2021-03-26 • PLOS One
2021-03-26 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Nursing homes (NH) for the elderly have been particularly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic mainly due to their hosted vulnerable populations and poor outbreak preparednes...

Evaluation of the psychosocial impacts of baby friendly spaces for Rohingya refugee mothers and their malnourished infants living in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Le Roch K, Nguyen AP, Rahaman KS, Clouin L, Murray S
2022-11-26 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-26 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Despite the well-recognised risk poor maternal mental health poses to child growth, it is still rarely addressed in global health programming. There is also a rel...

Monitoring and evaluating psychosocial intervention outcomes in humanitarian aid

de Jong K, Ariti C, van der Kam S, Mooren TTM, Shanks L,  et al.
2016-06-17 • PLOS One
2016-06-17 • PLOS One
Existing tools for evaluating psychosocial interventions (un-validated self-reporting questionnaires) are not ideal for use in non-Western conflict settings. We implement a generic metho...