{"id":31118,"date":"2024-05-27T16:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/?p=31118"},"modified":"2024-05-27T17:05:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T16:05:15","slug":"we-visited-the-medecins-sans-frontieres-mental-health-program-in-monrovia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/we-visited-the-medecins-sans-frontieres-mental-health-program-in-monrovia\/","title":{"rendered":"We visited the M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res mental health program in Monrovia."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 8, a delegation from the Benedict Menni Center had the opportunity to visit three of the centers where <strong>M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res<\/strong> provides mental health services in Monrovia.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation was formed by the Head of Programs of the Benedict Menni Center and CEO of Hermanas Hospitalarias Aita Menni, <strong>Mikel Tellaeche<\/strong>, the coordinator of the Mental Health Unit of Monrovia, <strong>Ato Kwamena Sagoe<\/strong>, and the care director of Hermanas Hospitalarias Aita Menni, <strong>Jos\u00e9 Luis Gir\u00f3n<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Benedict Menni group was accompanied on the visit by several members of the team led by <strong>Dr. Yann Diplo<\/strong>, director of MSF in Liberia: <strong>Sonny Israel<\/strong> (Mental Health project coordinator), <strong>Dr. Isayaku Sule<\/strong> (Medical Projects referent) and <strong>Fazle Elahi<\/strong> (Mental Health coordinator).<\/p>\n<p>The centers they visited were RCD Marshall Clinic in Mango Town (Virginia), Clara Town Health Center and The Star of the Sea Health Center in West Point.<\/p>\n<p>MSF serves a group of about 2,500 people, 60% of whom have neurological pathology (epilepsy) and the remaining 40% have mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>MSF and Benedict Menni Health Center maintain a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/medecins-sans-frontieres-will-refer-patients-to-our-mental-health-unit\/\">collaboration agreement<\/a> for the care of women with mental illness in our Mental Health Unit at Pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Our appreciation and gratitude to the generous and important mission of MSF in Liberia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-4.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-4-716x537.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-4-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-4-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-5.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-5-716x537.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-5-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240508-mental-health-liberia-benedict-menni-5-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 8, a delegation from the Benedict Menni Center had the opportunity to visit three of the centers where M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res provides mental health services in Monrovia. 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