Location: Multiple Application Deadline: 24-Jan-22 (Midnight New York, USA) Additional Category: Crisis Response Type of Contract: Individual Contract Post Level: International Consultant Starting Date: 01-Feb-2022(date when the selected candidate is expected to start) Duration of Initial Contract: To be determined on case by case basis and needs... Read more
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The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives launched a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) initiative in 2021. The initiative was supported by UNICEF as part of the country’s emergency response to COVID-19. It included the establishment... Read more
Perspectives on the Provision of Remote Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services in the Middle East Conflict, displacement, and COVID-19 have increased demands for mental health services – and made them very hard to deliver. The publication explores the... Read more
The Scoping report: Integrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Within Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Care in Humanitarian Response explores whether and how mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) and non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention and care should be integrated in humanitarian response... Read more
The IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support was involved in the development of the newly released package of materials designed to support the mental health and wellbeing of young people. There are two components to this package: PFA... Read more
During emergencies and in contexts of displacement, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) is crucial to the wellbeing of affected populations as it can prevent long-term negative psychological and social consequences. The need for MHPSS has therefore been increasingly... Read more
Course Date: 10 January 2022 – 4 February 2022 Course Leaders: Prof Alastair Ager Dr Rebecca Horn Applications now open for this interactive online course, aimed to strengthen capacity for psychosocial response in humanitarian contexts.... Read more
Funding Opportunity – NOW OPEN Grand Challenges Canada’s Global Mental Health program—one of the largest investment portfolios of global mental health innovation in the world with over $57 million CAD invested towards projects in more than 40 countries—is seeking... Read more
Thursday, 11 November 2021 9:00-10:00 AM EST/2:00-3:00 PM GMT Join The Implementation Science Collaborative’s for the first webinar in a series entitled: Accelerating Evidence to Use in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Policy and Programming.” This webinar series... Read more
Thursday, 25 November 2021 10:00 – 12:30 EET CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Deadline to register: 08 November 2021 About this event Join the conference and explore the future of psychosocial support within education in emergency responses, with a special celebration... Read more