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Mental Health

Our independent, women-run media organization shares in-depth journalism about solutions to environmental and social challenges—including mental health, which is under threat like never before in Costa Rica and Central America. Contact us to suggest a mental health solution we should cover in Central America in 2024, or to learn more about how to partner with us as a donor or sponsor so that we can share more solutions across the region.

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Why not this? Peer-to-peer mental health support

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When we published our first edition on mental health in 2022, one of the biggest limitations we came up against was: there just aren’t...
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HIV and mental health in Costa Rica: read (or listen) to the full series

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This longform series about HIV and mental health in Costa Rica, published in four parts, was supported by the Internews Health Journalism Network. Learn...
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El Colectivo 506 series on HIV wins global reporting prize

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On October 12th, the Internews Health Journalism Network announced that El Colectivo 506 co-founder Katherine Stanley Obando’s four-part series on HIV in Costa Rica,...
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‘I felt that I had no right to be alive’

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Sofia* is 27 years old. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was transmitted to her when she was born, in Nicaragua. However, she says that her...
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‘Without HIV, I would have been just another addict’

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Miguel is 46 years old, and he is very aware of that fact. He’s asked, what gives you confidence that you will be able...
HIV@40

‘They say I came here for death with dignity’

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Alonso* is 35 years old and the father of two teenage children. He is from San Sebastián, in southern San José. He is sitting...
HIV@40

HIV in Costa Rica, part 4: Alonso rises

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Nervous? No question. Alonso* fidgets, both physically and verbally, as he shares the story of his life. He peppers his language over and over...
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HIV in Costa Rica, part 2: Sofía comes out of her shell

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Sofía is angry about the rampant misinformation about HIV that, as she looks back over her life, has made her feel so alone. (Read...
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HIV in Costa Rica, part 1: Forty years on, still battling misinformation

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Sofía* has been through unimaginable trauma in her 27 years, but one of the stories that, in the retelling, fills her face with the...
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Welcome to ‘HIV@40’

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(Scroll down to see all the stories from this edition!) Quick question. How much do you know about COVID-19? We’ll take a guess: like us, you...
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