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Sustaining frontline staff: A mental health intervention at Panzi Hospital

In 2011 and 2012, AIR in partnership with the Stephen Lewis Foundation supported a technical support and solidarity initiative with Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo focused on the mental and emotional health needs of Panzi staff. Panzi Hospital is known worldwide for its brave and pioneering services and advocacy around sexual violence and innovations in gynaecological surgery and fistula repair. However the hospital’s own staff conduct this work in a context of constant Read more [...]