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Nouakchott (AFP) – The wall was tagged with graffiti above 22-year-old Sidi's bed in the lone psychiatric hospital in Mauritania, a country whose mental health system is as sparse as its desert ...
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News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Ouest » Health: Patients brave mental health desert in Mauritania
Nouakchott: The wall was tagged with graffiti above 22-year-old Sidi's bed in the lone psychiatric hospital in Mauritania, a country whose mental health system is as sparse as its desert landscapes.
News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Ouest » Health: Patients brave mental health desert in Mauritania
"Stress kills your neurons," said the message scrawled in room 13, one of just 20 beds available for psychiatric patients in the African country of five million people, which sits between the Atlantic ...
News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Ouest » Health: Patients brave mental health desert in Mauritania
Mauritania has only one psychiatric hospital, and beds and staff are too few for patients to stay long term – Copyright AFP/File Noel CELIS The wall was tagged with ...