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Globally, it is estimated by WHO that 22% of forcibly displaced people suffer from a mental disorder (Charlson, et al., 2019). Children make up to almost half of the displaced populations and are most vulnerable and at increased risk... Read more
Assosa is in Benishangul-Gumuz, one of the nine regions of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. It is situated in the west of the country bordering Sudan and South Sudan. According to the Assosa UNHCR population data of 1st... Read more
WHO and International Medical Corps are now accepting applications for a 2024 mhGAP-HIG capacity building course on integrating mental health with general health care in humanitarian settings. The course is offered through the “Strengthening organizational capacity for integrating... Read more
This is the first of a series of webinars facilitated by the editors and authors of the book: Groupwork with Refugees and Survivors of Human Rights Abuses: The Power of Togetherness. Authors and survivors/groupwork practitioners working in a variety of settings... Read more
Webinar: Addressing Psychosocial Wellbeing, Peacebuilding and Gender-Based-Violence: Voices from Colombia and South Sudan Date/Time: Thursday, 21st of September 2023 @ 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM UTC / 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM (GMT-5) Register here. We are pleased... Read more
For humanitarian organisations to respond effectively to complex crises, they require access to up-to-date evidence-based practice guidance, standards and policies. It is critical that publicly funded evidence is reaching humanitarian stakeholders who can translate research and apply it to... Read more
CBM Global has launched a Good Practice Guide on Inclusive MHPSS on World Humanitarian Day – 19th August. This document provides guidance on inclusive MHPSS programming in humanitarian emergencies. It is designed to highlight essential frameworks and principles, and the... Read more
The Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University wants o learn more about the key innovations that mental health practitioners, researchers, and policy makers have observed working on mental health during disease outbreaks. This survey is... Read more
COURSE DESCRIPTION The Mental Health in Complex Emergencies (MHCE) course is designed for professionals in mental health and social work, staff in humanitarian health and protection programs and volunteers who wish to learn how to establish, enhance, or integrate... Read more
The third webinar of our series titled “This Much I Know: Practitioners Reflect on Community-Based MHPSS”. This series consists of conversations with MHPSS specialists about what they have learned from their experiences in implementing community-based approaches to MHPSS. Our third conversation will... Read more