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European Mental Health Week 2025 initiated by Mental Health Europe runs from today 19 May until 25th May. This year’s event emphasises the link between mental health and social policies: “encouraging policy makers and people in positions of power to think bigger than the biomedical narrative which focuses on the individual and illness”.
The Sport Coach+ programme implemented in a partnership between the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) and the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub has now passed 1000 trained sport coaches. A series of trainings have been conducted in ten countries – one of the latest in Copenhagen on 25 April.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub have partnered to produce a series of six short training videos depicting real-life situations of individuals affected by crises and showing how professionals as well as communities can effectively respond to mental health needs during emergencies.
MHPSS Advisor, Shona Whitton & MHPSS in Emergencies Intern, Augustin Lambert, have prepared two new Guidance Notes with a focus on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in the context of vector-borne diseases and epidemics.
The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub hosts a resource library with more than 1000 mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) resources
In December Dr. Rabih El Chammay, Head of Lebanon's National Mental Health Programme, visited Copenhagen to meet with Nordic stakeholders including the Nordic Network on MHPSS, the MHPSS Collaborative and the IASC MHPSS Reference Group.
24 February 2025 marks the third year since the acceleration of the international armed conflict in Ukraine with the full-scale invasion.
One year ago, the “Youth Mental Health Toolkit On 5 Emerging Issues in Africa” was launched under the hashtag #ICanSurvive.
Visit the focus area and explore the five themes of: Learn about digital MHPSS; Dive deeper; Get inspired; innovate and implement; Share and connect.
The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub has launched a podcast series on Ambiguous loss. MHPSS Specialist, Arz Stephan has moderated the three episodes of the Heartbeat of Humanity podcast and interviewed leading experts on different topics related to Ambiguous loss.
Effective January 1, 2025, the current IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support evolved into the RCRC Movement MHPSS Hub. This transformation builds on the Reference Centre’s 30 years of experience, the expertise of the ICRC, and the contributions of National Societies working on MHPSS.
Closing 2024: Farewell to the IFRC PS Centre, Welcome to the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub
The MHPSS Hub aims to improve mental health outcomes and psychosocial well-being through technical assistance, capacity development of National Societies, the IFRC and the ICRC, competence development of staff and volunteers, knowledge generation and knowledge sharing, research, and communication and humanitarian diplomacy, policy and advocacy.
The Integrated Model for Supervision (IMS) project has conducted the first inter-agency Training of Trainers in the MENA region.
The final episode of a four-part series of the Heartbeat of Humanity podcast reflecting on the impacts of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis is now published.
20 November, marks World Children’s Day 2024 at a time of increasing global challenges and crises.
Role plays are a powerful tool that can provide insight and depth during a learning process. However, effectively utilizing and facilitating role plays can be a challenge for even the most experienced facilitators. This guidance is written specifically to support facilitators in the effective use of role plays in training on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS).
The International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent has a significant place in history and remains a key-event in the humanitarian world. The 34th edition came at a time when challenges across the globe are more severe and urgent than ever before - with armed conflict, emergencies and disasters impacting populations across the globe.
The project is looking for sport coaches interested in learning more about how to create safe and supportive environments in their daily practice and how to support vulnerable young players, with a focus on those affected by displacement and adversities.
On 1 January 2025 the IFRC Psychosocial Centre becomes the MHPSS Movement Hub - for the entire Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.
Today, 10 October 2024, World Mental Health Day is marked under the theme 'It is Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace'.
We are looking for a fundraising and partnership advisor to join our diverse team in Copenhagen working for the entire international Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. The role is key to our organizational development at a time of new challenges and opportunities and as colleagues we will face them with you.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Suicide is a major public health challenge, with more than 700,000 deaths each year globally. Each suicide has far-reaching social, emotional, and economic consequences, and deeply affects individuals and communities worldwide. The theme of World Suicide Prevention Day 2024 is about changing the narrative and perceptions around suicides – to start the conversation.
In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, MHPSS Technical Advisor Shona Whitton talks to Antonia Mackay about how communities can build resilience to climate disasters and other shocks and hazards.
Antonia Mackay is the National Resilience Manager at Australian Red Cross, where she leads the organisation’s disaster resilience programming, including key initiatives like emergency-ready workshops and ready communities.
