In February 2025, the co-chairs of psychological well being and psychosocial help (MHPSS) Technical Working Teams (TWGs) from humanitarian emergencies all over the world gathered in Ethiopia for a world assembly to strengthen interagency coordination and share country-level experiences.
Hosted by WHO Ethiopia and convened by the IASC MHPSS Reference Group, the assembly introduced collectively 40 MHPSS leaders from 29 emergency settings, together with Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lebanon, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, and the occupied Palestinian territories.
The four-day strategic discussion board offered a chance for contributors to change sensible approaches to coordination, establish frequent challenges, and discover options to strengthen MHPSS service supply in disaster settings. It additionally bolstered the significance of country-led management, peer studying, and interagency collaboration in advancing the MHPSS agenda in emergencies. The IASC MHPSS Reference Group serves as a world platform and is the best stage of humanitarian coordination in MHPSS. It’s co-chaired by WHO and IFRC and includes 65 member organizations, together with NGOs, UN businesses, worldwide businesses, and teachers.
This was this was the second assembly of its variety organized by the Reference Group, following the primary held in Ukraine in 2019. The large geographic illustration and variety of company and sectors contributed to productive discussions and exchanges. Contributors rated the assembly extremely, highlighting the worth of the interactive periods, peer studying alternatives, and mixture of theoretical studying, real-world case research workout routines to apply abilities, and one-on-one session clinics with world and country-level technical consultants.
| International MHPSS TWG Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3-6 Feb 2025 – full of periods on multisectoral deep dives, instrument and methodology highlights, nation experiences, consultations, technical insights, group constructing and learnings, and interactive workout routines on technical matters corresponding to IASC instruments together with the MHPSS Minimum Service Package , MHPSS coordination, mapping, monitoring and analysis, assessments, and many others. |
In the identical week, an MHPSS global-national discussion board was organized to capitalize on the presence of worldwide MHPSS nation leaders and have interaction nationwide professionals in Ethiopia devoted to enhancing MHPSS in humanitarian crises. The occasion, organized by IASC MHPSS RG and WHO Ethiopia, featured a sequence of high-level and technical interventions targeted on methods to strengthen MHPSS coordination and repair supply, significantly in Ethiopia, and globally. Audio system included the WHO Consultant to Ethiopia, the IASC MHPSS RG Co-chairs from WHO and IFRC, TWG chairs, and representatives from Africa CDC, UNICEF, ECHO, the Embassy of the Netherlands, nation places of work of associate businesses.
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Following the International MHPSS TWG assembly, an Educational Writing coaching was held from February 8 to 9. This coaching, convened by the IASC MHPSS RG and hosted by ARQ Worldwide, and co-organized by WHO, the UK Public Well being Fast Assist Workforce and Intervention journal, introduced collectively MHPSS consultants to help the event of country-led, evidence-based documentation and publications. Contributors took half in theoretical shows, interactive workout routines, and devoted writing time, overlaying important matters corresponding to formulating working titles, pitching concepts, drafting outlines, navigating the publication course of, and leveraging AI instruments. Ongoing technical help is being offered to help contributors in finalizing and submitting their publications. |
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MHPSS Educational Writing Coaching, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 8-9 Feb 2025Collectively, the worldwide assembly, nationwide discussion board, and educational writing coaching represented a coordinated effort to strengthen MHPSS management, collaboration, and proof era in humanitarian settings. These occasions underscored the worth of sustained funding in interagency coordination and information sharing to enhance psychological well being and psychosocial help for folks affected by crises.
