Yuli* is an asylum-seeker in Greece, having fled persecution in Cuba due to being a transgender woman. She receives medical and psychological support from MSF’s outpatient Day Care Clinic in Athens, and encourages her transgender community to visit and engage with the clinic’s services, including so that they can prevent or manage sexually-transmitted infections, including HIV. She is establishing a positive life in Greece. 

*Yuli is her chosen nickname.

Since 2016, MSF has operated a Day Care Centre in Athens which currently offers a comprehensive package of multidisciplinary services for sexual and reproductive health, non-communicable disease, mental health and sexual and gender-based violence as well as health promotion and sociolegal support. All the activities are supported by a large team of cultural mediators facilitating referrals to the national health system where possible, and helping break down cultural and language barriers for migrants and, more broadly, marginalised groups of people in need of primary healthcare.