CVT In the News
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Making Progress Towards a Welcoming Georgia
Darlene Lynch, head of external relations, CVT Georgia, has an article published in the Thought Leadership series at New American Pathways.
Source: New American Pathways
Date: 02/19/2021 -
Collaborative effort to increase the physiotherapist’s competency in rehabilitation of torture survivors
Ilona Fricker, clinical advisor for physiotherapy, CVT Jordan, and Sarah Peters, Ph.D., CVT program evaluation advisor, are among the coauthors of a new article in Torture Journal.
Source: Torture Journal
Date: 02/17/2021 -
Business Backing Sought for Laws to Boost Georgia’s Foreign-Born Workers
Darlene Lynch, head of external relations, CVT Georgia, is quoted in this Global Atlanta article.
Source: Global Atlanta
Date: 02/16/2021 -
Exclusive: Biden aides launch review into closing Guantanamo prison, long a source of discord
This article quotes Scott Roehm, CVT Washington director, and references the recent letter sent to President Biden calling for the prison at Guantanamo to be closed.
Source: Reuters
Date: 02/12/2021 -
Mike Gordon and Leo Kottke: Happiness and All That Fizz
CVT is mentioned in this article about musician Leo Kottke.
Source: Relix
Date: 02/12/2021 -
Group physiotherapy with survivors of torture in urban and camp settings in Jordan and Kenya
This article summarizes the physiotherapy-related results from more than 1,000 clients over the last 2+ years, since CVT began implementing the current physiotherapy assessment tool. The article was authored by Laura Pizer Gueron, PT, MPH, DPT, physical therapy clinical advisor, CVT Kenya; Arobogust Amoyi, PT, CVT Nairobi; Winnie Chao, PT, physiotherapist, CVT Kakuma; Justine Chepngetich, PT, physiotherapist, CVT Kakuma; Jepkemoi Joanne Kibet, PT, MS, doctoral candidate, physiotherapist/trainer CVT Nairobi; Stephen Nyambok, PT, CVT Nairobi; and Joseph Wesonga, PT, MPH, physiotherapist/trainer, CVT Kalobeyei.
Source: Torture Journal
Date: 02/11/2021 -
International survey of the utilisation in treatment centers for survivors of torture
This article, by Laura Pizer Gueron, PT, MPH, DPT, physical therapy clinical advisor, CVT Kenya, and MaryAnn de Ruiter, PT, former physiotherapy clinical advisor, CVT Jordan, examines the findings of a 2014 survey of treatment centers for survivors of torture and the availability of physiotherapy as a therapeutic option.
Source: Torture Journal
Date: 02/11/2021 -
Biden’s Asylum EOs and Where to Go from Here
Scott Roehm, CVT Washington director, writes about some of the Executive Orders issued this week which touch on immigration, asylum and human rights.
Source: Just Security
Date: 02/04/2021 -
Designing a Trauma-Informed Asylum System in the United States (2021)
CVT's announcement of our new report, "Designing a Trauma-Informed Asylum System in the United States," was published at ReliefWeb.
Source: ReliefWeb
Date: 02/04/2021 -
Psychologists Should Now Lead the Call to Close Guantanamo
An article by Roy Eidelson originally published at Psychology Today has been picked up by Daily Kos. The joint report from CVT and PHR, "Deprivation and Despair," is cited in the article.
Source: Daily Kos
Date: 02/03/2021
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