At an austere mental health clinic in northern Syria, male patients with shaved heads squat barefoot in a courtyard, some dressed in uniforms and others in T-shirts and tracksuit trousers.
One man screams at those around him, while another laughs to himself. A third sings exuberantly, exposing bare gums missing teeth.
The second floor houses female patients in patterned dressesRead more
Violently coughing up blood, the woman was close to collapse when brought to Kailahun hospital in eastern Sierra Leone from her village close to the Guinean border.
For nursing staff, the spectre of the killer Ebola virus had returned.
"My staff went into PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)," said Samuel Massaquoi, medical superintendent of the hospital. "People said that if sheRead more