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UNODC in coordination with WHO and UNHCR to prepare a technical guidance tool on addressing substance use disorders in humanitarian and relief settings

UNODC in coordination with WHO and UNHCR to prepare a technical guidance tool on addressing substance use disorders in humanitarian and relief settings The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) would like to inform about an initiative... Read more

Briefing note on addressing mental health and psychosocial aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak- Version 1.0

Briefing note on addressing mental health and psychosocial aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak- Version 1.0 This briefing note summarises key mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) considerations in relation to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Read more

K4D Emerging Issues ReportMental Health for Sustainable Development: A Topic Guide for Development Professionals

While many development professionals recognise the need to do more for mental health, they do not always know where to begin. This topic guide is intended as a primer for development professionals interested in learning more about the basics. Read more

CASE STUDIES COLLECTION 2019: Inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action

The study is a collection of 39 examples of field practices inclusive of persons with disabilities in humanitarian context and disaster risk reduction (DRR), from 20 countries of intervention. Read more

The Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Gender-Based Violence In Emergencies Programming

This resource presents 16 Minimum Standards for GBV prevention and response programming in emergencies. As a whole, the 16 Minimum Standards define what agencies working on specialized GBV programming need to achieve to prevent and respond to GBV, and... Read more

Psychosocial Support in Peacebuilding and Reconciliation for Conflict Affected Societies

by Anne Kubai and Kathleen Angi The title of this report, “In the end no winners, no losers” is a statement made by a survivor of violence in Medellin, during an interview with victims of the conflict in Colombia... Read more

Psychosocial Interventions for Displaced Populations

Psychosocial Interventions for Displaced Populations Applications now open for this interactive online course, aimed to strengthen capacity for psychosocial response in humanitarian contexts. 24 February – 03 April 2020 Read more

Submit a paper to the Special Issue on “Disaster Mental Health Risk Reduction” in IJERPH

Submit a paper to the Special Issue on “Disaster Mental Health Risk Reduction” in IJERPH The global increase in extreme climatic events and disasters, whether natural or human-induced, will have significant impacts on the mental health and wellbeing of... Read more

Call for creative tools (incl. evidence) using participatory approaches to ensure community engagement and ownership Deadline: 22nd of November

Call for creative tools (incl. evidence) using participatory approaches to ensure community engagement and ownership Deadline: 22nd of November Save the Children and War Child Holland are working together to look at the value of participatory approaches using creative methods... Read more

IASC Guidelines, Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, 2019

IASC Guidelines, Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action 2019 The guidelines set out essential actions that humanitarian actors must take in order to effectively identify and respond to the needs and rights of persons with disabilities who... Read more

UNODC in coordination with WHO and UNHCR to prepare a technical guidance tool on addressing substance use disorders in humanitarian and relief settings

Briefing note on addressing mental health and psychosocial aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak- Version 1.0

K4D Emerging Issues ReportMental Health for Sustainable Development: A Topic Guide for Development Professionals

CASE STUDIES COLLECTION 2019: Inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action

The Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Gender-Based Violence In Emergencies Programming

Psychosocial Support in Peacebuilding and Reconciliation for Conflict Affected Societies

Psychosocial Interventions for Displaced Populations

Submit a paper to the Special Issue on “Disaster Mental Health Risk Reduction” in IJERPH

Call for creative tools (incl. evidence) using participatory approaches to ensure community engagement and ownership Deadline: 22nd of November

IASC Guidelines, Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, 2019

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