During Covid-19 pandemic, many sectors of life were affected, which in turn reflected on people’s life and their access to services became difficult. At Nasaem radio, we tried to pour most of our attention to the psychological aspect of women in Turkey, and because we believe that access to mental health care is a basic right that must be provided to every individual, therefore we focused on:
the mental health services in Turkey, and the social awareness of mental health
Through live testimonies and a questionnaire that we conductewe noticed that there are several obstacles that Syrians face such as
lack of Arabic-speaking specialists in refugees health centers,and the significant unaware of mental health in community
We went directly to Dr. Muhammad Jaran, head of the Association of Health Workers in Health Centers for Foreigners, and we conveyed to him the problem during a radio interview. We submitted a proposal to hire Syrian specialists and psychiatrists in immigrant centers. Dr.Jaran was excited to the idea which pushed us to contact a number of Syrian specialists in order to prepare a formal proposal and send it to the Turkish Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization in order to study it
We also communicated with Dr. Fatima Orjal, a family doctor and a member of the Central Committee of the Health Authority for Syrian Refugees, and she joined us in several coverages regarding this topic.
Training activities provided in this project: Women’s health training, psychosocial support seminars, access to health services seminar, domestic violence and women’s rights seminar, privacy education for children