Despite the devastating pandemic and political situation in Brazil, the project on NET in poor neighbourhoods (favealas) in Rio de Janeiro was successfully completed: even in the context of an increased risk of violence, NET was superior to the usual local treatment in terms of reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Lesen Sie weiter: Successful project completion
Successful project completion
Despite the devastating pandemic and political situation in Brazil, the project on NET in poor neighbourhoods (favealas) in Rio de Janeiro was successfully completed: even in the context of an increased risk of violence, NET was superior to the usual local treatment in terms of reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Continue reading: Successful project completion
Success of peer support for refugees

Since 2017, vivo international has established an innovative care model for coordinated psychotherapeutic care for refugees in the district of Constance with the involvement of supervised peers. You can read about the development of the project here.
In 2021, the group of supervised peers was expanded to a total of 20, who were also qualified as language mediators. Additionally to the project activities such as networking meetings and information events, intervision for therapists and supervision for supervised peers and language mediators, a randomised controlled trial started in March 2021 to investigate the effectiveness of coordinated psychotherapeutic care involving supervised peers in comparison to standard treatment.

Since 2017, vivo international has established an innovative care model for coordinated psychotherapeutic care for refugees in the district of Constance with the involvement of supervised peers. You can read about the development of the project here.
In 2021, the group of supervised peers was expanded to a total of 20, who were also qualified as language mediators. Additionally to the project activities such as networking meetings and information events, intervision for therapists and supervision for supervised peers and language mediators, a randomised controlled trial started in March 2021 to investigate the effectiveness of coordinated psychotherapeutic care involving supervised peers in comparison to standard treatment.
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In this year’s German newsletter we would like to celebrate vivo’s 20th anniversary with some throwbacks and insights. In the portrait we present Anselm Crombach and his work in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In this year’s German newsletter we would like to celebrate vivo’s 20th anniversary with some throwbacks and insights. In the portrait we present Anselm Crombach and his work in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.