News

Sally-Ann Ohene from Accra, Ghana, has successfully defended her PhD thesis “Assessing Components of the TB Care Cascade in Ghana” at the University of Amsterdam. She was supported on her PhD journey since 2013 by the leader of the Epidemiology team at KIT, Dr Mirjam Bakker. Here she gives us a look at what drives her, what she learned, and what’s next.

Over the past decades, patterns of sexual violence in humanitarian settings have been influenced by a rise in conflict, mass displacement and disruption in the rule of law. Sexual violence is a form of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) that is present in all societies. SGBV and especially sexual violence are usually exacerbated by disruption of the social fabric resulting from conflict or natural disasters.