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Online innovation is changing how people view and access mental health support

Online innovation is changing how people view and access mental health support

WHEN Wambui Warui developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after losing her daughter to cancer, it took ages to get a diagnosis so she could receive care. “I would go from one doctor to another. I go to this hospital, they test me. They did the kidney, liver, all the internal organs. I move from there, go to another doctor… we do CT scans for my brain. There's nothing wrong. I go to another doctor, because every time I don't get an answer that I had already in me, I would look for another doctor,” Warui disclosed. Warui was finally diagnosed…
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Sudan’s conflict inflicts heavy toll on children

Sudan’s conflict inflicts heavy toll on children

AFTER surviving weeks of fighting in Khartoum, Sanaa Mahmoud has finally got her family to safety in Cairo. However, she says her daughter still wakes up at night screaming because of the gunfire and airstrikes that rocked her neighbourhood. "They saw everything, the gunfire was falling on us at home ... they saw horrible scenes," said Mahmoud, speaking at a shelter in Cairo where she has found sanctuary for her two daughters. "She still screams at night and cries to me 'Why are these people coming to kill us?'" she said. Sanaa Mahmoud, a Sudanese displaced woman, and her daughters…
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