MSF Libya provided medical care in 2022 to more than 50,000 people
Mar 31 Sami Zaptia

MSF Libya provided medical care in 2022 to more than 50,000 people

Médecins Sans Frontières Libya (MSF) reported that in 2022 it had provided medical care to more than 50,000 people in the country.MSF said it had star...

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WHO and UK strengthen mental health services in Libya
Nov 28 Sami Zaptia

WHO and UK strengthen mental health services in Libya

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Libya and the UK Government have partnered to enable people in 30 communities in Libya now have better quality...

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Mental health services in Libya almost non-existent - approximately one million people need mental health care: WHO 2020 report
Jun 8 Sami Zaptia

Mental health services in Libya almost non-existent - approximately one million people need mental health care: WHO 2020 report

By Sami Zaptia.London, 8 June 2021:Although COVID-19 has led to increased levels of anxiety, vulnerability and psychological stress among all segments...

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COVID-19 had a major impact on psychological and sleep patterns among Libya’s general population: Research study
Apr 2 Sami Zaptia

COVID-19 had a major impact on psychological and sleep patterns among Libya’s general population: Research study

By Sami Zaptia.London, 2 April 2021:A study published last Wednesday (31 March) by a group* of Libyan researchers has established that COVID-19 had a...

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Op-Ed: Out of the shadows - Healing Libya’s invisible wounds
Feb 12 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Out of the shadows - Healing Libya’s invisible wounds

By Omar Reda, MD.12 February, 2021:“War is ugly. The loudest sound you hear during an armed conflict is that of a broken heart.”Trauma has the power t...

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Aug 21 Sami Zaptia

EU co-launches AMAL mental health service in Libya

By Sami Zaptia.(Photo: EU Delegation).London, 21 August 2019:The EU co-launched a three-year project entitled “Action for Mental Health Assistance in...

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Nov 3 Nigel Ash

Adolescent suicide mystery deepens as boy found hanged in Ajdabiya

By Libya Herald reporters. An Ajdabiya youth appears to have hanged himself (File Photo)Benghazi, 3 October 2017:A thirteen year-old boy has been foun...

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Apr 22 Michel Cousins

Fresh Beida suicide closes university for three days

By Libya Herald reporter.Benghazi, 22 April 2017:The Omar Mukhtar University in Beida has closed for three days following the presumed suicide of one...

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Apr 15 Michel Cousins

Beida suicides prompt panic and incomprehension

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 15 April 2017:There is growing incredulity across Libya at what is being seen as an unusual wave of suicides in the...

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Canadian parliament killer buried in Libya
Mar 1 Newsdesk1

Canadian parliament killer buried in Libya

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 1 March 2015:The gunman in the 22 October 2014 shooting at Canada's parliament in Ottawa has been buried in Libya, acco...

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