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Ebola, West Africa, 2014

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  • Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Guinea-Conakry – A literature review Featured
    Uploaded by Marcio Gagliato on 4/1/2016
    Downloads: 197
    The World Health Organization (WHO) requested a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) literature review of countries impacted by the Ebola virus, including Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. International Medical…

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    Categories: guinea conakri, west africa
  • Briefing Paper – 2 6 February 2015, Ebola in West Africa Impact on Health Systems Featured
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 2/26/2015
    Downloads: 160
    Looks at regional implications and country by country (Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinee). There is scant specific information on mental health but many of the other information has MHPSS implications.

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  • Ebola interventions: listen to communities Featured
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 2/26/2015
    Downloads: 204
    Active case finding (which includes contact tracing) ensures early identification and prompt isolation of potential cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD), leading to successful interruption of transmission in a community.…

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    Categories: Community, west africa
  • Ebola crisis: the unequal impact on women and children’s health Featured
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 2/26/2015
    Downloads: 105
    Short article in the March 2015 Lancet which outlines how Ebola disproportionately affects women and children in West Africa.

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    Categories: Africa, lancet, west africa, Women
  • IMC Sierra leone Dec 2014 MHPSS Assessment Featured
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 1/19/2015
    Downloads: 342
    An assessment undertake in Lunsar, Port Loko District, which included men, women and children.

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    Categories: Africa, Assessment, international medical corps, Sierra Leone, west africa
  • Psychosocial Support for Ebola-Affected Communities in Sierra Leone Featured
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 11/13/2014
    Downloads: 138
    Essential toolkit for people working with Ebola effected children in Sierra Leone

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    Categories: manual, pss, Sierra Leone
  • List of resources available on Ebola @mhpss.net 09 Oct 2014 Featured
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 10/9/2014
    Downloads: 143
    An updated list of resources with many medical anthropology publications

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    Categories: Africa, list, resources, west
  • Rapid assessment for Montserrado County Study: Sept 2014 Featured
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 10/9/2014
    Downloads: 98
    How locals/communities are responding to the disease outbreak. NB: Includes thinking on children affected by Ebola and the communitie's proposed solutions which includes creating orphanages for children who have lost…

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    Categories: child, Community, mobilisation, orphan, orphanage
  • MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT FOR EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE (EVD) OUTBREAK LIBERIA, September 2014 Featured
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 10/9/2014
    Downloads: 89
    Community-based psychosocial support in Liberia during Ebola

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    Categories: anthropology, pss
  • ZOONOSES – FROM PANIC TO PLANNING Featured
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 9/29/2014
    Downloads: 78
    Excellent brief on supporting an integrated "One health " approach which differs from top down disease focused interventions. Rapid response brief : ISSUE 02 • JANUARY 2013 Over two thirds of all…

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    Categories: one health, Response
  • Ebola response roadmap update 24th September Featured
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 9/26/2014
    Downloads: 80
    The total number of probable, confirmed and suspected cases (see Annex 1) in the current outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was 6263, with 2917 deaths, as…

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    Categories: roadmap, September
  • Briefing note- Ebola: Impact on Health in West Africa- 26th September 2014 Featured
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 9/26/2014
    Downloads: 67
    Ebola: Impact on Health in West Africa * Over 22 million people are living in areas with active Ebola transmission. As of 21 September, 6,242 cases have…

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    Categories: ACAPS, September, west africa
  • Ebola List of resources on mhpss.net at 23rd Sept 2014 Featured
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 9/23/2014
    Downloads: 76
    A list of available Ebola resources and links from this site at 23rd Sept 2014

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    Categories: guinee, Sierra Leone, west africa
  • The myth of the 1-day training: the effectiveness of psychosocial support capacity-building during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa
    Uploaded by Rebecca Horn on 5/10/2019 in PFA Training & Adaptation
    Downloads: 182
    In emergencies and resource-poor settings, non-specialists are increasingly being trained to provide psychosocial support to people in distress, with Psychological First Aid (PFA) one of the most widely-used approaches. This…
    Author(s): Global Mental Health

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  • Key considerations: mental health and psychosocial support, North Kivu, DRC
    Uploaded by Marcio Gagliato on 10/5/2018 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) 2018 Crisis Response
    Downloads: 163
    This brief summarises key mental health and psychosocial support considerations in relation to the response to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in North Kivu, DRC in August 2018. The…
    Author(s): IASC Reference Group on MHPSS

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    Categories: DRC
  • Integrating psychosocial support at Ebola treatment units in Sierra Leone and Liberia
    Uploaded by Renata Reali on 8/31/2018 in Democratic Republic of the Congo _ English resources
    Downloads: 180
    Integrating psychosocial support at Ebola treatment units in Sierra Leone and Liberia (2018) The Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic killed almost 12,000 people across Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, causing significant psychological distress…
    Author(s): Weissbecker, et al.

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    Categories: MHPSS
  • Announcement: Reaching out a helping hand during Ebola: adaptation of the Psychological First Aid guide
    Uploaded by Renata Reali on 8/28/2018
    Downloads: 102
    Announcement: Reaching out a helping hand during Ebola: adaptation of the Psychological First Aid guide
    Author(s): Leslie & Valle

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    Categories: PFA
  • How to eat an elephant: psychosocial support during an Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
    Uploaded by Renata Reali on 8/28/2018
    Downloads: 133
    How to eat an elephant: psychosocial support during an Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone (2015)

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    Categories: MHPSS, Sierra Leone
  • Mental health Atlas: Democratic Republic of the Congo (2014)
    Uploaded by Renata Reali on 8/27/2018 in Democratic Republic of the Congo _ English resources
    Downloads: 137
    Mental health Atlas: Democratic Republic of the Congo (2014)
    Author(s): WHO

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    Categories: country profile, DRC
  • The Psychosocial Challenges of Caring for Patients with Ebola Virus Disease
    Uploaded by Renata Reali on 8/27/2018 in Democratic Republic of the Congo _ English resources
    Downloads: 139
    The Psychosocial Challenges of Caring for Patients with Ebola Virus Disease (2017)
    Author(s): Matthew W. Smith, Philip W. Smith, Christopher J. Kratochvil, and Shelly Schwedhelm

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    Categories: MHPSS
  • Maladie à virus Ebola: questions-réponses
    Uploaded by Renata Reali on 8/27/2018 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) 2018 Crisis Response
    Downloads: 94
    Maladie à virus Ebola: questions-réponses
    Author(s): WHO

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  • Psychosocial support during an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (2018)
    Uploaded by Renata Reali on 8/27/2018 in Democratic Republic of the Congo _ English resources
    Downloads: 148
    Psychosocial support during an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (2018)
    Author(s): IFRC

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    Categories: MHPSS
  • Psychosocial support in Ebola: Lessons learned
    Uploaded by Renata Reali on 8/27/2018 in Democratic Republic of the Congo _ English resources
    Downloads: 122
    Psychosocial support in Ebola: Lessons learned
    Author(s): IFRC

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    Categories: Lessons learned, MHPSS
  • Santé mentale et soutien psychosocial dans les flambées de maladie à virus ebola: Guide pour les planificateurs des programmes de santé publique
    Uploaded by Renata Reali on 8/27/2018 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) 2018 Crisis Response
    Downloads: 105
    Santé mentale et soutien psychosocial dans les flambées de maladie à virus ebola: Guide pour les planificateurs des programmes de santé publique
    Author(s): WHO

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    Categories: Guideline, MHPSS
  • Local humanitarian action in practice: Case studies and reflections of local humanitarian actors
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 12/6/2017 in Dissemination of information about MHPSS in emergencies
    Downloads: 202
    This report discusses those organizations rooted in the country or region where they have been established and who have been involved in locally-led humanitarian response on their own or with…
    Author(s): Author: : Kathlyn Kissy Sumaylo Published by: Humanitarian Leadership Academy, 2017

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  • Social and Behavior Change Communication For Emergency Preparedness: Implementation Kit
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 3/13/2017 in Natural Disasters
    Downloads: 147
    The purpose of the Social and Behavior Change Communication for Emergency Preparedness Implementation Kit (hereafter referred to as “the I-Kit”) is to provide a set of key considerations for SBCC…

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  • Du sida à Ebola. Rites de mort à fonction apotropaïque (2015)
    Uploaded by Laís Carvalho on 11/29/2016 in Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research
    Downloads: 115
    En situation d’épidémie voire de pandémie, les rites de mort persistent à être fondamentaux tant pour le défunt que pour sa famille. Il en est ainsi au temps du sida,…

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  • Management of Dead Bodies after Disasters: A Field Manual for First Responders (2nd Edition)
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 11/8/2016 in Natural Disasters
    Downloads: 112
    This second and updated edition of this hugely successful manual provides practical and easy-to-follow guidelines on the recovery, documentation and storage of the remains of individuals who have died in…

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  • Psychosocial support in Ebola, Lessons learned, July 2016
    Uploaded by Steph on 10/18/2016 in Research and Lessons Learned
    Downloads: 85
    Key reccomendations The key recommendation arising from the workshop is that psychosocial support should have had a higher priority from the onset and throughout the EVD response, and that concerted advocacy…

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  • Healthcare providers on the frontlines: a qualitative investigation of the social and emotional impact of delivering health services during Sierra Leone’s Ebola epidemic
    Uploaded by Steph on 8/22/2016 in Research and Lessons Learned
    Downloads: 66
    Although research on the epidemiology and ecology of Ebola has expanded since the 2014–15 outbreak in West Africa, less attention has been paid to the mental health implications and the…

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  • Clinical care for survivors of Ebola virus disease
    Uploaded by Marcio Gagliato on 4/4/2016
    Downloads: 104
    The outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) that began in 2013 in West Africa had by December 2015, resulted in over 28,000 cases. Although estimates of the number of people…

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  • Santé mentale et soutien psychosocial en Guinée-Conakry
    Uploaded by Marcio Gagliato on 4/1/2016
    Downloads: 147
    L’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS) a demandé un examen de la littérature sur la santé mentale et le soutien psychosocial (SMSPS) dans les pays touchés par le virus Ebola,…

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    Categories: guinea conakry
  • Reaching out a helping hand during Ebola: Adaptation of the Psychological First Aid guide
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 3/2/2016
    Downloads: 86
    The crisis events of 2014, from ongoing and new conflicts to the Ebola virus disease outbreak, seemed like an overwhelming amount of ‘terrible’ for one year. These events stretched the…

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  • Mental health and psychosocial support in the face of Ebola in Liberia: the personal and professional intersect. A personal account
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 3/2/2016
    Downloads: 57
    This personal reflection is based on the author's experiences, a native Liberian, in her country at the beginning of the 2014 Ebola epidemic. It includes her account of events as…

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  • CHS Guidance Notes and Indicators
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 2/24/2016 in Natural Disasters
    Downloads: 136
    The CHS Guidance Notes and Indicators are a supplement to the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS). This document is aimed at all humanitarian actors and organisations involved…

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  • Mental health and Psychosocial Support in Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks: A Guide for Public Health Programme Planners
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 1/13/2016
    Downloads: 79
    This document is for public health programme planners working at national and sub-national level in countries facing Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks. It gives an overview of essential knowledge that…

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  • The Ebola response in West Africa: Exposing the politics and culture of international aid
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 12/11/2015
    Downloads: 62
    This paper looks at a range of problems encountered in West Africa, from weak health systems to a lack of trust, in order to illustrate broader conclusions about the global…

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  • MDM EVD Survivors and Affected Families Assessment Report Koinadugu District Sierra Leone – September 2015
    Uploaded by Ola Witkowska on 11/23/2015
    Downloads: 64
    Between July ans Spetember 2015 MDM led comprehensive assessment of the current situation and needs of the Ebola survivors as well as the bereaved families of the deceased EVD patients.…
    Author(s): Aleksandra Witkowska, Airam Vadillo

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  • Keeping the Faith: The Role of Faith Leaders in the Ebola Response
    Uploaded by Kathy Angi on 11/6/2015
    Downloads: 122
    A study of the impact of the engagement and mobilization of faith leaders in Sierra Leone and Liberia in reducing the spread of ebola. Focuses on the importance of…

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  • Ebola response phase 3: Framework for achieving and sustaining a resilient zero
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 10/16/2015
    Downloads: 62
    The Ebola response Phase 3 framework incorporates new knowledge and tools into the ongoing Ebola response and recovery work to achieve and sustain a "resilient zero". Phase 3 builds upon…

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  • Interagency Collation on Ebola Situation Report no. 6
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 9/11/2015
    Downloads: 58
    Highlights: 1. For the week of 31 August – 6 September, two confirmed cases have been reported: one in Conakry, Guinea, and the other in Kambia, Sierra Leone. 2. On 3…

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  • Technical Meeting to Support Ebola Affected Countries on the Recovery and Resilience Plans with a Focus on Gavi, the Global Fund and Other Partners’ Funding
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 8/3/2015
    Downloads: 61
    The technical meeting to support Ebola-affected countries on the recovery and resilience plans organized in Accra on 9-11 June 2015 brought together 106 participants from the Ministries of Health, Ministries…

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  • Go Training: Package for Ebola Pre-Deployment: Participant Handbook
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 7/17/2015
    Downloads: 54
    The massive number of personnel deployed in the response are faced with many risks. For most deployees the Ebola outbreak in West Africa poses a new experience. This is why…

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  • Prioritizing psychosocial support for people affected by Ebola in Sierra Leone
    Uploaded by Fiona Shanahan on 7/8/2015 in MH COALITION (SL) COORDINATED MHPSS
    Downloads: 111
    This paper provides recommendations to the International Ebola Recovery Pledging Conference, July 10th in New York, drawing on recent research and practice in Sierra Leone. It will be presented at…

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  • Annex to MHPSS report
    Uploaded by Carmen Valle on 6/4/2015 in MH COALITION (SL) COORDINATED MHPSS
    Downloads: 116
    Annex to the Report of a Consultation Meeting held in Freetown 6th and 7th May 2015

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  • Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Sierra Leone: Reviewing the Ebola Virus Disease response Looking towards Recovery and Building Back Better
    Uploaded by Carmen Valle on 6/4/2015 in MH COALITION (SL) COORDINATED MHPSS
    Downloads: 227
    Report of a Consultation Meeting held in Freetown 6th and 7th May 2015 Hosted by WHO Sierra Leone and attended by major actors in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support.

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  • Facilitation Manual: Psychological First Aid During Ebola Disease Outbreaks
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 4/14/2015
    Downloads: 194
    This manual is designed to orient helpers to offer psychological first aid (PFA) to people affected by an Ebola outbreak. PFA involves humane, supportive and practical assistance for people who…

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  • Disaster Response and Preparedness in Southern Africa: A Guide to International Tools and Services Available to Governments
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 3/31/2015 in Natural Disasters
    Downloads: 66
    This book is a guide to Southern African Government Disaster Management Authorities/ Agencies (NDMAs) and Disaster Managers on different mechanisms, international tools and services and needs assessments – all for…

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  • Pushed to the Limit and Beyond: A year into the largest ever Ebola outbreak
    Uploaded by Mike Quilala on 3/24/2015
    Downloads: 57
    The report is based on interviews with dozens of MSF staff involved in the organization’s Ebola intervention. It recounts MSF’s early warnings one year ago about cases of Ebola spreading…

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  • Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Lessons Learned from Quarantine – Sierra Leone and Liberia
    Uploaded by Lucy Hillier on 3/20/2015 in MH COALITION (SL) COORDINATED MHPSS
    Downloads: 93
    Ebola Outbreak in West Africa - Lessons Learned from Quarantine: Sierra Leone and Liberia, 19 March 2015 * Self-imposed quarantine has proved less problematic. …

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