Nigeria: 15th April 2013- Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian president, has imposed a ”state of emergency” in three states in an attempt to curb the increasingly violent attacks by armed group Boko Haram, saying the level of violence called for ”extraordinary measures”. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/05/2013514192543867669.html

Rwanda genocide 20 years on: ‘We live with those who killed our families. We are told they’re sorry, but are they?’

Nearly 20 years after the Rwandan genocide, Chris McGreal returns to Kibuye to meet the few Tutsis who survived – and some of the killers they are forced to live with as…[Read more]

Somalia: U.N. Says Somalia Famine Killed Nearly 260,000- Almost 260,000 people, half of them young children, died of hunger during the last famine in Somalia, according to a U.N. report that admits the world body should have done more to prevent the tragedy. The toll is much higher than was feared at the time of the 2010-2012 food crisis in the…[Read more]

The Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Regional Exchange (SHARE) (www.hivsharespace.net) is a user-driven portal hosting information on HIV prevention and related health topics. A key goal of SHARE is to provide free collaboration tools and a platform on which people communicate, share and access information that they then use to enhance their skills,…[Read more]

The Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Regional Exchange (SHARE) (www.hivsharespace.net) is a user-driven portal hosting information on HIV prevention and related health topics. A key goal of SHARE is to provide free collaboration tools and a platform on which people communicate, share and access information that they then use to enhance their skills,…[Read more]

Virtual psychotherapy – Chad

About me: I am a health psychologist living in Montreal, Canada and provide mental health services (psychotherapy) to N’Djamena, Chad through Skype.

Origins of the project: The idea has been circling in my mind for several years but the project is only a few months old. It has grown quickly and the service is in…[Read more]

Virtual psychotherapy – Chad

About me: I am a health psychologist living in Montreal, Canada and provide mental health services (psychotherapy) to N’Djamena, Chad through Skype.

Origins of the project: The idea has been circling in my mind for several years but the project is only a few months old. It has grown quickly and the service is in…[Read more]

Read In2mentalhealth’s report back of the 3rd annual Malawi Mental Health Research and Practice Conference 22-23 April 2013.
n2mhconnect.com/2013/04/27/the-3rd-annual-malawi-mental-health-research-and-practice-conference-last-week/

Eight encounters with Mental Health care Kenya from In2mentalhealth: Info from and between mental health workers, NGO’s, institutes, and others who are interested in improving Mental Health in Low and Middle Income Countries. Special attention for ict4d and…[Read more]

Somalia – More than a quarter of a million people are estimated to have died during the recent famine and food crisis in Somalia, and more than half were children under five, making it the worst famine in the past 25 years, according to figures published on Thursday.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/may/02/somalia-famine-worst-25-years

Handbook for Implementing Alternative Care of Children Guidelines launched in New York
Better Care Network April 2013
Hosted by the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations, UNICEF, The Better Care Network and the NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Children without Parental Care, the launch of the handbook ‘Moving Forward:…[Read more]

Welcome to the drafting of the Kampala Recommendations!
CCVS and War Child are hosting a conference on children affected by armed conflict (CAAC) from 25-27 September 2013 in Kampala, Uganda. As part of the conference process, we will be drafting key Conference Recommendations on best practices for Recovery and Reintegration programs. To…[Read more]