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Telehealth project launched in Lesbos refugee camps

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

The ongoing dire situation in the refugee camps in Greece is presenting healthcare staff on the ground with huge challenges. People who fall ill are cared for on-site by doctors and nurses from various charitable organisations. A few months ago, MedUni Vienna joined forces with the organisations “Crisis Medical Association” and “Hands on Global” to […]

Psychotherapy with children in Lesbos

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Myriam Abdel Basit

Myriam Abdel Basit is an Irish cultural mediator who has spent seven months with MSF in Lesbos in Greece this year. Working alongside a psychologist, she met countless displaced children in Moria camp, which houses more than 7,500 refugees in a space meant for 3,100. After fleeing violence, war, persecution or poverty, people crossed the […]