International Health Awareness Network

NEW: Improving Well-Being for Refugees in Primary Care: A Toolkit for Providers The Center for Victims of Torture 'Healing Hearts' program released a new toolki...t designed for use in primary care clinics across the U.S. who see refugee patients. Informed by CVT’s work in a clinical setting with Karen refugees, an ethnic minority from Burma, Improving Well Being for Refugees in Primary Care: A Toolkit for Providers gives clinicians the necessary tools to improve treatment plans for patients who have lived through traumatic experiences. DOWNLOAD: http://bit.ly/2NTwElt

Are you interested in community-based sociotherapy? Join the MHPSS.net - Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Network & REPSSI webinar and learn from experienc...es of front-line professionals working on community-based #MHPSS in ESA! SIGN UP: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/cbsociotherapyrwanda Date: Wed, 27th February Time: 1pm UTC

LAST CHANCE TO APPLY: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Advisor for Save the Children UK Deadline: 6th Feb 2019 Apply: http://bit.ly/2GnfkUd

Have you read the UNICEF #CB_MHPSS guidelines? This community based #MHPSS guidelines were developed in response to emerging evidence on the determinants of you...ng people's resilience and the unique challenges that today’s crises pose for their safety, wellbeing and optimal development. DOWNLOAD: http://bit.ly/2RBo7oX

According to the United Nations, one person is forcibly displaced from their home every two seconds by conflict, persecution or community violence. Of the record 68.5 million refugees, asylum seekers, stateless and displaced persons documented in the last fiscal year, up to 80% are women and youth. Within this population, 52% are children under age 18, an unprecedented percentage of whom are unaccompanied minors forced to migrate and seek international protection without the... support and protection of appropriate caregivers. In addressing the annual theme of the United Nation’s 63rd Commission on the Status of Women, social protections and public services, this forum will examine displaced women and girls’ access to healthcare, education, justice, humanitarian and social protections throughout migration and in resettlement. An interdisciplinary program of educators, healthcare providers, legal professionals, civil society activists, international and domestic politicians, as well as student researches will generate concrete action steps for protecting and promoting the human rights of displaced women and girls across the world.

Social Media Package: CSW63 Handbook Cover Art Contest Calling all designers! The Art Contest for the 2019 Handbook Cover of NGO CSW63 Forum is underway. We w...ill not only choose a winner but also additional submissions will be chosen and featured throughout the Handbook. Please submit your design no later than Monday, January 14, 2019. Be a part of something big! Your artwork should incorporate the CSW63 Priority Theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. For more information visit UN Women’s website: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw63-2019. We look forward to your contributions. Thousands of people globally will see your work as they pick up a coveted copy of the 2019 NGO CSW63 Forum Handbook during the annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the largest Commission at the United Nations.

"Médecins Sans Frontières has confirmed it has officially been forced to end its mental health work on Nauru, leaving local and refugee patients behind in a sit...uation it said was beyond desperate. There is a growing mental health crisis among adults and children on the island, and dozens have been flown to Australia for treatment because of a lack of adequate available treatment on Nauru. Despite this the Nauruan health minister last Friday told MSF its psychological and psychiatric services were no longer required on the island." https://www.theguardian.com//msf-confirms-forced-exit-from

NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is hosting an event on the health of indigenous peoples this Thursday! Presenters will address physical and mental health challenges as high suicide rates, substance abuse, and chronic health conditions. They will also discuss the health contributions of indigenous healing traditions in addressing adverse physical and mental health conditions. SPEAKERS:... Josephine Tan, PhD., C.Psych., Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Rashmi Jaipal, Ph.D Chair, Subcommittee on Indigenous Health, Main Representative of the American Psychological Association at the UN, Retd Professor of Cross-cultural psychology, Bloomfield College, NJ Rafael Latorre, MD, Representative for Amazonian and Andean cultivors of Medicinal Plants

Donna McKay, the executive director of Physicians for Human Rights, said the organization honored Price, in part, for her commitment to helping migrants in dire need, long before immigration policy was all over the news.

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