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January 27, 2014
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Sophie Cousins
The study, recently published in the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Journal of Medicine, found that globally, the prevalence of depression was 4.4 per cent, while Afghanistan and the...
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January 24, 2014
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Sophie Cousins
Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled the crisis in their war-ravaged homeland, leaving behind family, friends and their livelihoods. Escaping with little more than the clothes on...
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January 24, 2014
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Sophie Cousins
More than 50 doctors and health professionals have demanded that the Syrian government and all armed groups in the country respect the neutrality of hospitals, ambulances and patients, and...
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January 24, 2014
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Sophie Cousins
Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) are arguably the most vulnerable sub-population affected by the Syrian crisis. Having been uprooted twice from their homes, those now in Lebanon face a...
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January 24, 2014
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Sophie Cousins
"Any time someone comes to engage me, I am beaten. All the men look at me and my brother thinks I have had sexual relations with them. No one...
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January 24, 2014
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Sophie Cousins
In a small motel room in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, within sight of the mountains of Syria, a former Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighter sits with his...
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January 24, 2014
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Sophie Cousins
Today, they said, was a "quiet day". There was a child with shrapnel wedged in her neck, a man in the ICU with amputated limbs and an FSA fighter...