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Patients at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences in Delhi, India.
WHO/P. Virot

Move away from outdated ‘mad or bad’ approach to mental illness, urges independent UN expert

6 July 2020
Health

States, civil society, psychiatric organizations and the World Health Organization (WHO) itself must change the way they address mental health challenges, a UN independent rights expert said, calling for a shift towards understanding the context behind mental distress. 

Health workers vaccinate a child in a medical centre in Al-Radwanieh village, rural Aleppo.
UNICEF/ Al-Issa

Attacks on medical facilities “shocking hallmark” of Syria crisis

26 September 2016
General News

Direct targeting of medical facilities and staff has become a “shocking hallmark” of the Syrian conflict.

That’s according to an international human rights expert, citing figures which show that more than 700 health workers have been killed since fighting broke out in March 2011.

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