OTs have an important role in reducing the impact of trauma, illness and impairment on disability and social exclusion. Whilst the people of Nepal experience...
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Female Community Health Volunteers: The driving force behind community based health and social care in rural Nepal
Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) are unspoken heroes who deserve our attention. In rural areas of Nepal, as in many other low-income countries, they are...
Building local capacity for mental health and emotional support in Ilam, Eastern Nepal
UiH has been visiting Ilam, Eastern Nepal on a monthly basis since December of last year. Together with our local partner NMC (Nepal Medical College),...
School counselling: a form of talking therapy in high demand across South Asia
In South Asia, the benefits of school counselling remain unknown to many school directors, teachers, parents and children. Nevertheless, interest for this form of talking...
Events in Sri Lanka
We are shocked and saddened by the horrific events which took place in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Our thoughts have been with those affected...
Building partnerships in Pakistan
More nurses trained in mental health care skills; more community-based workers; more outreach work so that those living in rural areas have some form of...
Mental health awareness programme at the NMC continues
Unity in Health’s training programme “meeting the mental health and emotional needs of patients in general health care settings” continues full speed. By April some...
Thank you Selma, Jan and Tobias!
Thank you Selma, Jan and Tobias for fundraising for Unity in Health last year! We are so grateful for all the hard work you did...
Radio Aurora – A outra voz
At Unity in Health, we believe in mutual learning, in giving and taking, in experiences where everybody wins. This week, we’ve been invited to take...
Trustee visits in-country programmes
Unity in Health’s Trustee Gayathri Santhi-McBain is in Kathmandu, Nepal, visiting projects, liaising with our partners, and ensuring appropriate governance systems are in place. As...