Mental health is a human right! WHO and UN Human Rights have launched new guidance to support countries to end human rights abuses and improve access to quality #MentalHealth care bit.ly/45iiErH

#Orunchingasettlement #Isingiro with funding from UNHCR Uganda TPO Uganda team conducts community interactive psychoeducation sessions on daily life stressors in schools to enhance awareness on #MentalHealth Children who present with distress are enrolled into #JoL for more support.

This is so lovely. It shows the transformative power of art! UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency MHPSS Network #WorldMentalHealthDay

For 🙏our Rohingya volunteers and community, a greater awareness of mental health has been transformative for them in 🇧🇩 By supporting their own people, #Rohingya volunteers also find meaning & purpose. They are combating stresses of camp life with mental health support 👏

At the Global Refugee Forum, Governments, International Organisations, NGOs pledge to support refugees and hosting communities. More than 80 of the pledges include mental health and psychosocial support. See here: globalcompactrefugees.org/multistakehold… #RefugeeForum MHPSS Network MH InnovationNetwork World Health Organization (WHO)

Thomas Bach president of The Olympic Games at #RefugeeForum during his speech: "We will promote the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of refugees through participating in sport" MHPSS Network UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

David Karorero, who heads a refugee-led organisation for mental health and psychosocial support highlights the necessity to involve refugees in all phases of the response. #RefugeeForum

Mr Ted Chaiban, Deputy Director of UNICEF highlights #RefugeeForum that mental health needs to be embedded in health, education and child protection systems. It needs to be recognized and funded as a priority

Pau St John Frisoli of Lego Foundation makes a plea for more investment in learning through play and announces a major pledge of 40 million USD to advance this! #RefugeeForum MHPSS Network

"Psychische Gesundheit ist eine wesentliche Voraussetzung dafür, dass Menschen Krisen bewältigen, an der Gesellschaft teilhaben und Vertrauen in ihre Gemeinschaften aufbauen können." Niels Annen 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇳 beim #RefugeeForum Deshalb ist der Zugang zu Hilfe für alle Menschen so wichtig.

Health For All - Including refugees and their hosts! At the Global #RefugeeForum leaders discussed solutions and pledged support to improve health and wellbeing and work towards Universal Health Coverage for all.

Claire Whitney of International Medical Corps explains how and why her organisation systematically integrates mental health and psychosocial support in health and protecion programmes for displaced and host populations. #RefugeeForum

The German government, flanked by DG ECHO and the Govt of the Netherlands, have been spearheading the work on the Multi Stakeholder pledge on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for refugees and host communities. #RefugeeForum MHPSS Network

Thanks to the wonderful panellists in MHPSS segment at #RefugeeForum last week: Niels Annen 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇳 of Bundesentwicklungsministerium; David Karorero; Ted Chaiban of UNICEF; Paul St. John Frisoli of The LEGO Foundation; Claire Whitney of IMC Worldwide. Recording soon available here: unhcr.org/about-unhcr/ov… MHPSS Network

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ACNUR Perú, Global Mental Health Lab @ Teachers College & HIAS started a Trainer-of-Trainers programme in Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Peru for Venezuelan refugees/migrants from community-based organizations and for employees from Peruvian state health system and humanitarian workers. 1/2 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

2/2 Upon completion of their training with Global Mental Health Lab @ Teachers College Columbia University, the 10 new trainers and 30 new providers in Peru will have the opportunity to obtain certification as international trainers/providers in IPT. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency MHPSS Network

My UNHCR colleague Lynn Karanja is a Kenyan psychologist who works as Associate Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Officer in Ethiopia. Her story shows the impact her work has on the lives of displaced people. UNHCR Ethiopia UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency MHPSS Network unv.org/Success-storie…

Women & girls in war-torn Sudan have been exposed to shocking levels of sexual violence. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is helping them with assistance & services, including psychosocial support, but additional funding is needed to reach all those affected. unhcr.org/news/stories/w…

Happy to see great new issue of Intervention, Journal for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas. Many publications by authors who work and live in these settings! MHPSS Network MH InnovationNetwork journals.lww.com/invn/pages/cur…